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Rajya Sabha to take up Lokpal debate Thursday
Wednesday December 28, 2011 07:10:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: After a day
of confusion on whether the Lokpal bill was to be moved in the
Rajya Sabha Wednesday, the upper house is to take up the bill for
debate on Thursday.
The announcement was made in the upper house by Deputy Chairman K.
Rehman Khan in the evening, before he adjourned the house for the
day.
Earlier, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla
told reporters the debate will take place Thursday.
"Rajya Sabha will take up Lokpal Bill for discussion tomorrow,"
Shukla told reporters.
Confusion prevailed throughout the day about tabling of and
discussion on the bill, which had to be signed by President
Pratibha Patil after the amendments moved by Lok Sabha Tuesday
night.
Even MPs said they were not aware of when the bill would be
brought to the upper house.
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley told
reporters that members had no information when the bill would be
brought, and said it displayed lack of management by the
government.
Another BJP Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Javadekar said: "We have no
idea when they will bring the bill in the Rajya Sabha."
Sources say the government has taken time to finalise its floor
management and was talking to various parties to assess its
strength in the upper house, where it is in minority.
In a house of 243, the ruling UPA has 95 members, well short of a
simple majority.
On Tuesday, the government's failure in floor management caused it
to suffer loss of face in the Lok Sabha with the constitutional
amendment bill to give statutory status to Lokpal being defeated
last night.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee also met Jaitley Wednesday
morning to garner support for the bill in the upper house.
The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha last week, and passed
Tuesday midnight with several amendments following an over 10-hour
debate.
In the morning, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
V. Narayanasamy had said the bill would be taken up in the Rajya
Sabha Thursday. However, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan
Kumar Bansal later said the debate may be taken up later
Wednesday, adding to the confusion.
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