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Thursday, 12 December 2013

Lokpal Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha, BJP pledges conditional support

The UPA government has introduced the amended Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Principal opposition party BJP has supported the Bill on condition that some amendments be made in the draft.  

Earlier, Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari insisted a debate on the matter, which is likely to take place on Monday. MOS, PMO,  V Narayansamy tabled the Bill in the Parliament. 

Various leaders of political parties and members of the civil society have expressed their stands on the Bill. The Bhartiya Janata Party has said  that it is ready to accept the Bill if some amendments were made in the draft.  

Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal has called the Bill useless. 

Lokpal crusader Kiran Bedi has expressed happiness on the introduction of the Bill in Rajya Sabha. She wrote on Twitter that after implementing the select committee recommendations, the draft of the Bill was improved. She appealed to the people of the country to accept the amended Bill


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