New Delhi: Two days before the Lokpal Bill was introduced in Parliament, the Trinamool had objected to the inclusion of the Lokayukta chapters in the draft. This happened at the December 20 cabinet meeting which cleared the draft.
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, Mamata Banerjee’s only representative in the Cabinet, said that after he saw the draft “for the first time” at the cabinet meeting, he demanded that it be sent back to the standing committee for changes.
“I had objected to the Lokayukta parts, including the title of the Bill carrying the word ‘Lokayukta’, which was a surprise to some of us. I had said that this was a new development, and was unacceptable,” Trivedi told The Indian Express.
Trivedi added that Home Minister P Chidambaram had “violated the norms of the cabinet by divulging its meeting details”, and hence he had no option but to reply. Congress leaders on Friday blamed the TMC for opposing the Bill after being “party to the cabinet meeting that cleared it”.
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