After the embarrassment in Lok Sabha yesterday, an angry Congress President Sonia Gandhi today sought the list of party MPs who remained absent during voting on the Constitution Amendment Bill on Lokpal amid moves to issue show
cause notices to them.

Sources said party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who had floated the idea of granting constitutional status to Lokpal, is also furious after the bill failed to get through in the Lok Sabha yesterday because of want of requisite
numbers.

According to preliminary details, 16 MPs of the UPA were absent. Of them, six Congress MPs are from Gujarat, including Union Minister Dinsha Patel who was at home in connection with the marriage of his grand-daughter.

Among others who were said to be absent were K Sudhakaran (Kerala), Hamdullah Sayeed (Lakshadweep), K Raj Gopal Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) and M Rajamohan Reddy. Reddy is a supporter of YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy and has already submitted his resignation to Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar. Three MPs of DMK and two of Trinamool Congress were also absent.

The sources said Sonia Gandhi was angry and has tasked party MPs Girija Vyas and Sandeep Dikshit to prepare the list and find out the reasons for the absence. A show cause notice would be issued to the absentee MPs, they said.