Lokpal Constitutional Status

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.