Opposition's plan to 'scuttle' Lokpal Bill: Chidambaram

The war of word over what is now being called the 'Lokpal Bill fiasco' in the Rajya Sabha refuses to die down. Rather, it is only getting fierce. A day after the main opposition party, the BJP, alleged that the government manipulated the proceedings in the House to ensure that on Thursday night, the Lokpal Bill was not put to vote in the Rajya Sabha, the government today shot back and insisted that it was indeed the opposition's plant to "scuttle" the Bill through the "ingenious tool of 187 amendments."