Samajawadi Party, BSP walk out before Lokpal vote
December 28th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Forty-three members of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) staged a walkout ahead of the Lokpal vote in the Lok Sabha Tuesday night.
Walking out of the house, the MPs from the two parties claimed that the government had not listened to their suggestions on the contentious Lokpal bill that envisages setting up of an all-powerful anti-graft ombudsman.
However, their non-participation in the vote eased the government worries because if they had voted against, passage of the bill could have been difficult.
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