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This Article is From Dec 27, 2011

Lokpal Debate: Yashwant Sinha in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: Here's what BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said in the Lok Sabha:

  • Before entering politics, I thought the toughest exam is IAS exam
  • I have won some elections, lost others, and feel winning a Lok Sabha election is the toughest feat.
  • We are available at all times to our constituencies, answerable always to voters
  • Those who think winning an election is easy, or sitting in the Lok Sabha is easy... they do not know what it means to really be a member of this House
  • But we must also ponder over why we are now in this position.
  • There has never been as intense or urgent a call for a Lokpal.  We should introspect over this.
  • Narayanasamy was aggressive. Kapil Sibal was even more aggressive. 
  • The way the PM listed his government's achievements seemed like an exit speech. 
  • The government wants to shove this bill down our throats.  Why?
  • You have deliberately created a weak and helpless Lokpal
  • I was surprised that when we talked of federal structure, the PM referred to it as "legally sophistry." 
  • You introduce a quota, and then you say let the court decide this.
  • I have never heard of this - we will make a deliberate mistake and then let court decide. 
  • What this government has put us through with its scandals -that is why an old man is on a fast in Mumbai
  • The honest PM heads  the most corrupt government India has ever had.  This is why people are restless and desperate for change
  • Prevention of Corruption Act covers everyone from peon to PM; so does Indian Penal Code
  • These two laws are what the Lokpal will enforce, isn't it?
  • Not one minister from Atalji's government is in any jail
  • Minority reservation - you have introduced this, you know it will not stick.

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