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Lokpal
bill ready to be tabled in parliament
Friday July 22, 2011 06:23:43 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
anti-graft Lokpal bill is ready to be tabled in the monsoon
session of parliament beginning Aug 1 and will be presented to the
cabinet next week, the government said Friday.
"The Lokpal bill is ready. It will be placed before the cabinet
next week," Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V.
Narayanasamy said.
"It will be placed in parliament and referred to the standing
committee. After we get the standing committee report, our
government is committed to see the Lokpal bill passed with the
support of all political parties."
His colleague, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil
Sibal, added that the entire nation and the government were ready
to take on corruption.
"As soon as the Lokpal bill is passed after going to the
parliamentary committee, we will face corruption together and end
it," Sibal said.
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