New Delhi: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has appreciated the principal opposition party BJP for supporting the Lokpal Bill.
"...without the cooperation of BJP, it could not have happened..we certainly have to acknowledge that... this is ultimately the entire political class standing up and saying we are prepared to be accountable as the Indian public wants to", he said during an interaction with the media here.
He maintained the proposal of Lokpal goes back to the times of Indira Gandhi but it had not made headway despite several attempts.
The Anna Hazare movement crystalised the public mood and the clamour from the public naturally comes to the ears of the politicians, he said.
Stating that his party was very serious about the legislation, he said "if Anna Hazare feels that the objective of his mass movement has been accomplished in this bill, it is wrong for us to sit here and second guess that content."
