A day after the government got an ultimatum from Anna Hazare - pass the Lokpal Bill in Parliament or face an anti-Congress campaign by activists in poll bound states - the government retaliated saying that parliamentary processes are not carried out by "putting a pistol on someone's neck."
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal, responded to the latest stand of Anna, saying that "You cannot get something done by putting a pistol on someone's neck,"
The parliamentary affairs minister said efforts are on to take up the bill in the winter session of Parliament. "It will be a sincere endeavour to see that the Bill is taken up during the next winter session. But it depends upon the work the committee is able to do. The committee has members from all the parties and they are getting inputs from different people who want to come before it," Bansal said.
He said that there should not be any problem in taking up the Bill in the next session if the committee is able to give its report in due time.
Law Minister Salman Khurshid, too, said that "Our intention and endeavor is to try and bring it in the winter session... Bring a very effective and very powerful Lokpal with Constitutional status." He, too, refused to set a timeline for the passage of the bill. "I cannot fix the time line because it has to be fixed by the parliamentary affairs minister and the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee looking into it."
On his part, Anna rejected the charge that he was indulging in brinkmanship with his ultimatums to the government. "If I had not served ultimatums, we would not have seen seven different legislations in Maharashtra and also the sacking of six cor-rupt state ministers," he said. Anna also defended his call to vote against Congress in the Hisar by-polls.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/lokpal-bill-not-at-gunpoint-says-government/articleshow/10249933.cms
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal, responded to the latest stand of Anna, saying that "You cannot get something done by putting a pistol on someone's neck,"
The parliamentary affairs minister said efforts are on to take up the bill in the winter session of Parliament. "It will be a sincere endeavour to see that the Bill is taken up during the next winter session. But it depends upon the work the committee is able to do. The committee has members from all the parties and they are getting inputs from different people who want to come before it," Bansal said.
He said that there should not be any problem in taking up the Bill in the next session if the committee is able to give its report in due time.
Law Minister Salman Khurshid, too, said that "Our intention and endeavor is to try and bring it in the winter session... Bring a very effective and very powerful Lokpal with Constitutional status." He, too, refused to set a timeline for the passage of the bill. "I cannot fix the time line because it has to be fixed by the parliamentary affairs minister and the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee looking into it."
On his part, Anna rejected the charge that he was indulging in brinkmanship with his ultimatums to the government. "If I had not served ultimatums, we would not have seen seven different legislations in Maharashtra and also the sacking of six cor-rupt state ministers," he said. Anna also defended his call to vote against Congress in the Hisar by-polls.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/lokpal-bill-not-at-gunpoint-says-government/articleshow/10249933.cms
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