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| Lokpal Bill to be tabled in Lok Sab |
| Lokpal Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha at 2 pm
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| INDIA
, 22-December-2011
1:50:3 AM |
| The government will introduce the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha at 2 pm. The 70-page Bill has two parts: the first asks for a constitutional amendment, the second asks for the creation of a Lokpal or ombudsman at the Centre, with parallel anti-graft agencies in states.
Because the first part asks for a constitutional amendment, a two-third majority is needed. That means the support of opposition parties will be critical. The second part of the Bill can be passed with a simple majority, which is doable for the UPA in the Lok Sabha.
Many MPs began the morning by complaining that they had yet to receive a copy of the Bill.
To ensure that it does not trip, the government has deleted the term 'minorities' from the Lokpal Bill where it asks for a 50 percent quota for the nine members of the Lokpal, who will investigate charges of corruption against government servants. The quota provision was designed as a carrot for politicians like Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, who have already indicated they do not support the Bill.
The entry of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament has been impelled largely by activist Anna Hazare, who has held three hunger strikes this year for the legislation, and has announced a fourth on December 27. Anna, who is 74, has said the Bill, described by Sonia Gandhi as "path-breaking", is "a betrayal of the people" because it creates an ombudsman with no real powers. His team says this is best exemplified by the government's refusal to transfer the administrative control of the CBI to the Lokpal. The main opposition party, the BJP, agrees with this, but also finds the Bill wanting on many other counts, and plans to ask for a series of amendments. (Read: Debate Lokpal Bill with us, Anna dares Sonia Gandhi)
The BJP has made it clear that it's gearing up for a showdown in Parliament today and then next week, when the House is expected to debate and vote on the Bill on December 27,
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