Lokpal bill to be tabled Dec 27, session extended
Tuesday December 20, 2011 03:05:01 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Lokpal
bill will be tabled in parliament Dec 27, with the winter session
being extended till Dec 29 to pass the anti-graft law, official
sources said.
The government has taken this decision to keep the promise made by
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in August that the Lokpal bill will
be passed in the winter session, the sources added.
It also wants to defuse the agitation of Anna Hazare, who has
threatened to go on a fast from Dec 27 if a stringent Lokpal bill
is not passed.
As per the new schedule, both houses of parliament will adjourn
for Christmas holidays Dec 22 and re-convene Dec 27.
The Lokpal bill is scheduled to be come up for approval in the
cabinet meeting to be held at 7.30 p.m. Tuesday. It will be tabled
alongwith the whistleblowers' bill, Labour Minister Harish Rawat
told IANS.
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