Lokpal Constitutional Status

• Would have backed constitution amendment bill had govt clarified on Lokayuktas: Jaitley

  As the blame-game continues over the midnight mayhem in Parliament over the Lokpal Bill, the main opposition party, the BJP, has said that it would have supported the Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha had the Congress clarified on the contentious issue of the Lokayuktas.

• Read Lokpal Bill passed by Lok Sabha

  The Lok Sabha passed the historic Lokpal Bill on Tuesday. But it did not manage to accord it a constitutional status as the Constitutional Amendment Bill was defeated on the floor of the House because the government could not muster enough numbers.

• Lokpal fiasco: Sonia, Rahul target BJP which retorts 'your dream, not ours'

  Both Rahul and Sonia Gandhi have blamed the BJP for the Lokpal fiasco that unfolded in the Lok Sabha last night. The government managed to push through a bill that creates the national anti-corruption agency, but a bill to grant constitutional status to the Lokpal was defeated. The government just didn't have the numbers needed. The sting is double...

• Lokpal Bill: Rahul and Sonia Gandhi lash out at BJP

  The government is trying its best to pass the buck to the BJP for the Lokpal fiasco that unfolded in the Lok Sabha last night. The government managed to push through a bill that creates the local or national anti-corruption agency, but a bill to grant constitutional status to the Lokpal was defeated - the government just didn't have the numbers nee...

• Lokpal Bill passed in Lok Sabha, but no constitutional status

  As an ambulance waited to take activist Anna Hazare to hospital in Mumbai, the Lok Sabha in Delhi passed the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which delivers a new national ombudsman with nine members to investigate charges of corruption among government servants.

• Parliamentary panel considers Constitutional Amendment Bill on Lokpal

  A move to grant constitutional status to Lokpal has gained momentum with a Parliamentary Committee considering a draft legislation to this effect with a provision which will not require ratification by states.

• Govt agrees with Rahul Gandhi, Lokpal to be constitutional body

  The proposed Lokpal will have the status of a Constitutional authority for which the Constitution will be amended, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid disclosed tonight.