The story behind the consensus over Lokpal Bill

December 18, 2013 13:08

Hours after Rahul Gandhi had come out in support of the Lokpal Bill at Congress headquarters last Saturday, chairman of the Rajya Sabha select committee Satyavrat Chaturvedi got a call from Kiran Bedi in Ralegaon Siddhi.

She expressed her appreciation for his committee's efforts and passed on the phone to Anna Hazare, who too praised the panel's recommendations.

It was a different Anna Hazare from the one who had attacked the government two years ago after the Parliamentary Standing Committee decision to keep the lower bureaucracy out of the Lokpal's purview.
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