New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Asserting that the Lokpal Bill disappoints on many fronts, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday said that the anti-corruption Bill is completely a sarkari (government) bill.
Participating in the Lokpal Bill debate in Lok Sabha, Yadav said: "Lokpal Bill will not end corruption. Bill lacks so many things. Lokpal is not strong. This is completely a sarkari (government) bill."
Emphasising that Democracy is bigger than the Lokpal, Yadav said: "Parliament represents the aspirations of people. Nothing can be above it. MPs fear people. Because they get elected by them."
"The accusations made against the CBI can also be made against the Lokpal. This Lokpal Bill is not good enough," he added.
He further said that the draft presented by the government does not fulfill objectives of a strong Lokpal envisaged by all of us.
Earlier, asserting that Lokpal Bill has a lot of flaws, leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj said it seems that the government has introduced the Bill in anger.
Emphasising that the Bill is meant to provide an enabling framework, Swaraj said government now says we make it mandatory because states like Gujarat have failed to create effective Lokayuktas.
"You (government) are contradicting yourself. So why don't you first decide what you want? Is it mandatory or optional? 18 states have Lokayuktas. Many of them have better Bills than the ones you have brought. Like Uttarakhand. Your Bill will over-ride those. Better ones like the Bill that Karnataka passed long ago," she added.
Stating that BJP has strong objections on the reservation provisions in the Bill, Swaraj said: "There are nine members in Lokpal with the chairman. If you say not less than 50 percent reservation then it means it can go up to any percentage. This is against the recommendation of the Standing Committee. It says such reservations cannot and ought not be provided."
Slamming the minority quota in Lokpal Bill, Swaraj said: "It is a pride of India that three to four presidents of India were from minority community of the 11 presidents who assumed the position so far and that occurred without any reservation.
"Even the Prime Minister of India is from the minority community. All top judges of Supreme Court were from minority community. This is India's pride." (ANI)
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