By IANS,
New Delhi: After the government announced parliament’s monsoon session would start from Aug 1, civil society member Prashant Bhushan Tuesday hoped that an effective anti-graft Lokpal bill would be introduced in the house.
The session generally begins in mid-July but this year it has been deferred by a couple of weeks.
“If it is only delayed by a week, we don’t have much to say about that. We hope that the government will keep its promise of getting an effective Lokpal bill in the monsoon session,” Bhushan, lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare’s confidant, told reporters here.
“It should be an effective bill, not just a bill called Lokpal bill,” stressed Bhushan.
“The monsoon session will be held Aug 1 to Sep 8. The government is serious about all business,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal said when asked if the anti-graft Lokpal bill will be introduced during the session.