Various parties have given notice for 173 amendments to Bill in Rajya Sabha
The United Progressive Alliance ally, Trinamool Congress (TMC), has given notice for four amendments to the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011, out of the 173 notices given by various parties. The Bill is under consideration of the Rajya Sabha for passage.
Even as the fate of the Bill hung in balance as the upper house debated its provisions, several opposition parties including the BJP, CPI(M), and the Janata Dal (United) urged the government on the floor of the House to accept the amendments and get the Bill passed on Thursday itself.
Of the parties that have moved amendments, majority have demanded amendment to the clauses providing for setting up Lokayuktas through the same Bill, to give autonomy to the Central Bureau Investigation as well as wider representation on the panel to select Lokpal.
Parties that had given notices till Thursday afternoon included the TMC, BJP, Samajwadi Party, AIADMK, CPI(M), CPI, Telugu Desam Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, Independent member (Mohammad Adeeb) and Biju Janata Dal.
However, as the government initiated back-channel talks with some of the smaller parties, it was not clear how many amendments would be moved. It was also unclear till afternoon if the government would accept any of the amendments.
Sources said if any amendment was accepted by the government and carried in the Rajya Sabha, then the amended Bill will have to come back to the Lok Sabha — which has since been adjourned sine die — for consideration and passage.
In case the Lok Sabha, whenever it is convened, does not approve the amendments adopted by the upper house then the government may have to go in for a joint session of Parliament and get the Bill through or the Bill will lapse.
However, if the Bill is passed in the Rajya Sabha, then it will go to the President for her assent to make it a law.
Keywords: Lokpal Bill debate, winter session, parliamentary proceedings, Rajya Sabha debate, Lokpal amendments, Trinamool Congress
Watching the debates on the Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, it makes one wonder whether the ruling parties and its allies real lack the ability to speak in logical terms or are deliberately subverting matters to protect and proliferate their public money laundering crimes.The present ruling party by the virtue of their longest tenure >in government till date seems to have accumulated so huge an amount of black money which they want to protect and augment at any cost. The BJP, TMC and CPM came out cleaner and a lot more reasonable who fought for a good and powerful lokpal.Congress in the name of giving a stable government to the country are just playing into the hands of their allies and both are happily making hay for themselves laundering public money to the extreme.
What i think, now the bill is in Loksabha & Rajyasabha for discussion and adoption. so let them do their work. Shri Annaji has done their job and tried for getting strong lokpal. Now it is a duty of political leader to get pass strog lokpal bill. and if still government and opposition will not able to pass such strong bill. then i think annaji will take further movement for ammendment in lokpal bill by other ways. We salute to Shri Anna sir. I watched, in rajya and loksabh, some politician has questioned very badly about the movement of Shri Annna sir but still we are with you Shri Anna Sir.
Now it is clear which parties really want Lokpal bill and which parties do not want. It is a shame on Trinamol congress and other opposition parties opposing Lokayukta in states. What a shame on you? You want Lokpal bill at centre and do not want Lokayukta in states? It is a mockery
People should make note of all parties and MPs objecting the Lokpal and show them doors in the next election. Anna, Ramdev, Jethmalani and Kerariwal are all criminals and corrupts who screams of corruption to kill the bill. You will know who is in favor of Lokpal from their actions in the house. Obviously BJP and regional parties will not allow Lokaukta because that's were they do corruption. Support our PM for his relentless efforts to fight corruption within and outside of his own team. All criminals have turned against our gentleman PM who showed the courage to sack all tainted ministers and took action against corrupts. No wonder BJP is trying to kill the bill with controversies as they always do.
No wonder, what expected has happened in the case of Lokpal Bill. Like Womens' Reservation Bill, the Lokpal Bill also suffered a severe set back in Parliament. From watching the debates on the Bill in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, what I could gather is that the members who spoke for and against the bill have said something without doing the homework on the much debated and discussed issue. The Bill, as it was presented by the UPA govt.had many lacunae, which, though brought out by Team Anna well in advance, the govt's attitude was to go ahead with what they have drafted. Obviously, the govt.have failed to bring about a general consensus from all parties. To me, it turned out to be a mere mockery in both the houses. Finanace Minister Pranab Mukherjee (the floor manager) also did not succeed in getting the support from opposition parties as well as from within some of the allies of UPA government.
Congress has made a mess of the Lokpal. Toothless, powerless no investigating power been given, I just wonder what sort of obsdman is India going to get, if it gets. Shame on the greedy politicians, just worried about loosing their power and about what will happen to their political funding which is the root cause of corruption in India.
No wonder Annaji called off all his programme for now.He could not have faced these resistance, to be fair no sane soul could have,given the present insane debates and arguments in the house.The comedy and the irony here is,the party trying to protect this law is none other than the one against whom it was supposed to be, or that's what the impression we got all these days.
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