Congress's Hussein Dalwai rises to speak

December 29, 2011 21:38

Hussein Dalwai of the Congress rises to speak, naturally in support of the government's Lokpal Bill.

Dalwai, frankly, doesn't have much to say, so far he has been listing the history of Lokpal Bill in Parliament, and describes the present one drawn, "for the first time" with civil society inputs, as a path-breaking one.

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