Advani, BJP leaders to meet Prez to discuss flee-dom at midnight

January 05, 2012 11:23

Good morning.

The ruckus over the Lokpal bill has not died down yet. A BJP delegation will meet Prez Pratibha Patil over what they call the 'midnight ruckus' or as Arun Jaitley put it, Flee-dom at Midnight. A delegation of BJP MPs, including senior leader LK Advani is set to meet the Prez.

The main Opposition party alleged that the government, given its minority in the Rajya Sabha, manipulated proceedings in the House during the debate on the lokpal bill inorder to avoid a vote.

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