Govt likely to move amendments on the Lokpal Bill

December 27, 2011 16:09

In Parliament, Basudev Acharya speaks. Says even if the debate goes on till 10 pm, the bill will be put to vote. He says had the government not been indifferent to the demands of the people and the Opposition, this debate in the house would not have happened. Blames the inaction of the government and says that without its own investigative wing, the Lokpal will remain just a dysfunctional institution.

There is a parallel meet by the government on the Lokpal bill attended by Kapi P Chidambaram and Salman Khurshid.

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