SP and BSP walk out of Lok Sabha vote on Lokpal Bill

December 27, 2011 22:37

The SP and BSP today staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha shortly before the voting on the LokpalBill tonight in protest against government bringing a "weak" legislation.

"We had demanded a strong Lokpal. It is not strong. It is sarkari Lokpal. There is no meaning to it. It was brought ina hurry and under Anna Hazare's pressure," SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav told reporters in New Delhi.

Asked why did he not protest against the bill in the House by voting against it, Yadav said, "We don't want tosupport BJP."

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