Tharoor: Our finest democratic move is to pass Lokpal

December 27, 2011 19:50

Best lines from Tharoor's speech:

Let us today make one of our finest democratic moves by passing this Bill today.
We don't need a jasmine revolution, the scent of jasmine is in our democracy
For every bribe taker there is a bribe giver.We cannot point fingers and forget the moral responsibility of the society

Tharoor ends his speech with a rousing parallel to the national anthem: Let us end this session of Parliament with a rendering the national anthem knowing that we made a difference to the nation today by passing the Bill. This day, 100 years ago, the Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Much bench thumping.

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