After clearing the Lok Sabha hurdle the amended Lokpal Bill has been placed in the Rajya Sabha, which will debate and vote on it on Thursday. The Lokpal Bill faces a tough test in the Upper House of Parliament where the Opposition enjoys a clear majority and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has been trying to muster up the supports of the MPs.
UPA floor managers will have to use all their political acumen to prevent an embarrassment like the one witnessed during the voting on the Bill granting Constitutional status to the Lokpal that was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as several MPs belonging to the Congress and its allies were absent.
The Opposition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and key UPA constituents - Trinamool Congress and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) have voiced their strong protests against the clause relating to the setting up of Lokayuktas by the states in the Lokpal Bill.
Several regional outfits including Mulayam Singh Yadav
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