Lokpal Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha, Parties Object

A historic bill for creation of an anti-graft ombudsman with Constitutional status was introduced in the Lok Sabha today amid objections by various parties to bringing the Prime Minister under its purview and making it mandatory for states to form Lokayuktas.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was introduced along with a Constitutional (116th Amendment) Bill, even as several parties questioned the “haste” and asserted that Parliament should not allow itself to “succumb” to some individual threatening agitation, a reference to Anna Hazare.

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