DHONGI ANNA

True Ambedkarite
Pranab Mukherjee on
Saturday moved a resolution
conveying the sense of the House
on the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha
but no voting took place on the
motion. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar
adjourned the Lok Sabha till
Monday. There seems to some confusion
over procedures of the Lok Sabha.
"Thumping of the desk is akin to
passing a motion by the House,"
says Harish Salve. Some of the important points of the Lokpal
resolution passed by Lok Sabha are: *An effective Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas
in states be set up. *Employees of centre and state governments to be
brought under purview of Lokpal and Lokayuktas
respectively. *All government departments to have citizen's
charter with timeline. With a copy of resolution and a letter from PM
Manmohan Singh, Union minister Vilasrao
Deshmukh would now go to Ramlila Maidan to
meet Anna Hazare. Earlier, the team Anna said they have received a
communication from the government that a
resolution carrying their demands on Lokpal Bill
will be put to a voice vote, a move which they
termed as a "very happy" development. Fresh trouble emerged this afternoon after
government decided only to convey sense of
House to Team Anna and not put the resolution for
voting, the activists hardened their position saying
it was "betrayal" and only a resolution which will
be put to vote will be acceptable. This forced the government to change its stand.
The activist's camp said they have received the
communication from the government about its
decision to put the resolution to voice vote. "We are very happy with the development," a Team
Anna spokesperson said. Asked whether Hazare would end his fast today,
the spokesperson said the decision will be taken by
Hazare himself.