BANGALORE, Dec 14 � Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today expressed the confidence that the Lokpal Bill would be passed in Parliament, reports PTI.
�The bill is pending in the Rajya Sabha. Now it is under discussion. We will pass it,� he told reporters here.
Shinde said the Government got the Lokpal Bill passed in the Lok Sabha after which it had gone to the Rajya Sabha which sent it to the Select Committee. �The Select Committee has recommended some amendments and we have accepted them.�
The minister concerned has already piloted the Bill, Shinde said. He said the Government had promised social activist Anna Hazare, who has been on an indefinite fast since Tuesday demanding a stronger anti-graft ombudsman, that the Lokpal Bill would be passed.
The Government had yesterday brought back the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha in an amended form, but its consideration was thwarted by the Samajwadi Party, an outside supporter of the UPA Government, which disrupted proceedings.
Meanwhile, seeking to give a big push to the Lokpal Bill, Rahul Gandhi today appealed to all political parties to support the legislation, saying it is a �very, very powerful instrument� in the fight against corruption, a New Delhi report adds.
Addressing a special press conference at the Congress headquarters, he rejected suggestions that the Government was pushing the legislation because of its defeat at the hands of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi polls and the ongoing fast by Anna Hazare.
With the Lokpal Bill slated for a debate in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, the Congress vice president said, �Our job is to give this country a powerful Lokpal Bill. We are 99 per cent there and what we need is one per cent from the political parties and we can actually finish and deliver the Lokpal.�
Apparently referring to the Samajwadi Party�s opposition to the Bill, Gandhi said, �All parties should together accomplish this Bill. I appeal to all parties to support this Bill. This is in the national interest.�
BANGALORE, Dec 14 � Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today expressed the confidence that the Lokpal Bill would be passed in Parliament, reports PTI.
�The bill is pending in the Rajya Sabha. Now it is under discussion. We will pass it,� he told reporters here.
Shinde said the Government got the Lokpal Bill passed in the Lok Sabha after which it had gone to the Rajya Sabha which sent it to the Select Committee. �The Select Committee has recommended some amendments and we have accepted them.�
The minister concerned has already piloted the Bill, Shinde said. He said the Government had promised social activist Anna Hazare, who has been on an indefinite fast since Tuesday demanding a stronger anti-graft ombudsman, that the Lokpal Bill would be passed.
The Government had yesterday brought back the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha in an amended form, but its consideration was thwarted by the Samajwadi Party, an outside supporter of the UPA Government, which disrupted proceedings.
Meanwhile, seeking to give a big push to the Lokpal Bill, Rahul Gandhi today appealed to all political parties to support the legislation, saying it is a �very, very powerful instrument� in the fight against corruption, a New Delhi report adds.
Addressing a special press conference at the Congress headquarters, he rejected suggestions that the Government was pushing the legislation because of its defeat at the hands of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi polls and the ongoing fast by Anna Hazare.
With the Lokpal Bill slated for a debate in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, the Congress vice president said, �Our job is to give this country a powerful Lokpal Bill. We are 99 per cent there and what we need is one per cent from the political parties and we can actually finish and deliver the Lokpal.�
Apparently referring to the Samajwadi Party�s opposition to the Bill, Gandhi said, �All parties should together accomplish this Bill. I appeal to all parties to support this Bill. This is in the national interest.�
