As politicians trade charges, crucial bills still pending

A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of preventing the passage of anti-corruption bills in the House, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has hit back. Writing in his blog, Mr Jaitley asked Mr Gandhi to check his facts. "Not a single BJP Member has disturbed the proceedings of either of the two Houses of Parliament. No BJP member has gone into the well of the House. We assemble every morning in Parliament. The Houses are disturbed on account of the issues relating to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh which is pending consideration," he wrote. "A large number of members of the Congress Party disturb the Houses every day. I don't think Rahul Gandhi has had time to either come to the House or acquaint himself with the disturbance being created by his own Party members." (Read more)