21.05.12
Reports that three Rajya Sabha members of the cocktail have submitted three amendments, all of which revolve around the party’s reluctance to see Lokayuktas set up in the States without the OK of the state governments.
Mukul Roy, TMC leader in the Rajya Sabha and divine of state for shipping, is quoted as saying that party wants “the unrestricted portion on Lokayuktas to be omitted from the Bill.” If the amendments don’t come through, he said, “we will have no pick but to press for a division vote.”
TMC leader Mamata Banerjee , who is turning out to be the UPA’s most uncontrollable partner, is believed to have told her party leaders in Delhi that the Bill as passed in the Lok Sabha was improper.
On the other side, the BJP wants to move amendments to address three of its concerns: like the TMC, it too wants to make Lokayuktas uncompulsory at the state level, but it additionally wants amendments to render the CBI pretty more autonomous, and to widen the selection process of the Lokpal panel.
Source: Firstpost