Today, in the battle of Lokpal, The social activist Anna Hazare will begin his three-day fast at 11 am at the MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai to press for passing a strong Lokpal Bill.
The entire television screen and the other arrangement have been organized at the MMRDA Grounds.
Now today, a show of arguments will be started between UPA government and Team Anna. From a report, the initial discussion to take up Lokpal Bill for debate will be in Parliament.
The UPA government has minority in Rajya Sabha, but numbers of member in the Lok Sabha. So it will not be easy to passing the Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
However at last minute the government is making a bid to reach out to the Opposition, admitting it doesn’t have the two third majorities it needs to move for a constitutional amendment granting constitutional status to the Lokpal. But it’s the several amendments which both the BJP and the Left plan to move, which could stall easy passage of the Bill. Read more
