Sushma: Govt behaves like Bill is albatross around its neck

December 27, 2011 12:37

Sushma Swaraj debates the Lokpal Bill:

Addressing the government, she says: Tum hi kaatil tum hi jallat tum hi munsif. We wanted the CBI to be freed from government control, but this Bill does exactly the opposite as all the power lies with the government.

Swaraj says the BJP wants the jurist from the Lokpal selection panel dropped in favor of a Rajya Sabha MP.

Referring to Pranab Mukherjee tabling the Bill last Thursday, Swaraj says that his attitude was like as if the Lokpal is an albatross around the govt's neck and it wants to get rid of it somehow.

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