The Union Cabinet will consider the Lokpal Bill on Sunday and make all efforts to get it passed during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.
"We will male all efforts to pass the Bill in this Session. We are working day and night to give shape to the Bill and it is my hope that by tomorrow we should be able to bring the Bill to the Cabinet. And thereafter we will be ready to take it to Parliament. Once it is in Parliament, it will be in the hands of Parliament and we don’t know what could happen. But there should not be any doubt about our sincerity to get the Bill passed in this Session," the Prime Minister said when asked whether the Government will be able to pass the Bill during this Session.
The question was asked in the context of social activist Anna Hazare threatening to launch a fast on December 27, five days after the scheduled end of Winter Session of Parliament.
