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Congress appropriates Lokpal bill passage credit to Rahul

New Delhi: Congress today sought to appropriate the credit for the passage of the Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha to its leader Rahul Gandhi's “single-minded” determination” and claimed it has done the maximum on the

PTI Updated on: December 17, 2013 21:23 IST
He at the same time said he was not denying credit for the passage of the bill to Anna Hazare and recalled Gandhi had also acknolwedged the Gandhian's role in Lokpal issue.

“We are not denying credit to Anna Hazare... Anna Hazare had a role. The whole country knows Anna Hazare's valued contribution.... Rahul Gandhi has talked to all parties whoever takes the initiative has to be given the credit,” Chacko said.

Asked about Anna-Rahul bonhomie in the wake of letters by them to each other on the Lokpal issue, the Congress spokesperson said whoever are speaking truth may be on the same side.

“What Anna Hazare was doing was putting pressure to bring the Lokpal bill but finally it has to be passed by Parliament which is being done,” he said.

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