Govt to introduce amended Lokpal bill and Food security bill today
The
Bill will be circulated to members before introduction tomorrow after
securing the mandatory assent from the President since there was some
financial implication in it.
The
Government gave up a move to get the bill passed on Friday and stuck to
yesterday's Business Advisory Committee's decision to go for an
extension beyond Christmas.
Leader
of the House in Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee held a meeting with main
opposition BJP today to discuss these issues and convince the party that
there was no other option but to extend the winter session by three
more days.
After
some initial reluctance, the BJP, represented by Leader of Opposition
in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley and
L K Advani, agreed.
The
government will introduce the new Lokpal Bill in Lok Sabha tomorrow and
withdraw the existing one which had been introduced in the monsoon
session.
The
Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee had agreed yesterday that the
winter session will be extended by three days and meet on December 27,
28 and 29.
However,
Mukherjee had called up Advani last evening to say that several members
were opposed to the extension and wanted the Bill to be passed by
working for an additional day on December 23.
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