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Lokpal Bill to be Taken Up in Rajya Sabha on Dec 16

New Delhi: The Lokpal bill will be taken up in Rajya Sabha on Monday, the government today said asserting that the passage of the bill is its "heartfelt desire"."Monday is decided as the day for

PTI Published : Dec 12, 2013 23:35 IST, Updated : Dec 12, 2013 23:50 IST
The other amendment on which there is no agreement between the government and Opposition is on search and seizure of an official's property. Government maintains he should be show-caused first when a charge of disproportionate assets is made against him while the Opposition says it will take away the element of suddenness and surprise and alert the person.

Rawat said that there are a number of other important bills also like Womens' Reservation Bill, whose passage the Congress would like to see by this Lok Sabha.

Replying to a question about no confidence motion brought by Seemandhra MPs of Congress, he said it is surprising that Opposition parties are disrupting the House even when such a "serious issue" is there.

Rawat, however, ducked a query on whether Congress expects BJP to talk to SP and BSP, both outside allies of UPA who are disrupting the House daily on various issues.

"I do not want engage in blame game. We do not want to score points in this," he said.

Maintaining that the political class views this as the last opportunity for passing the bills, he said that if the Opposition thinks that they will score points if government is not able to carry out its legislative business, they are wrong.
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