New Delhi: At least 25 MPs of the Congress and its allies in the UPA were absent during voting on the Constitution Amendment Bill on Lokpal in the Lok Sabha which was defeated for lack of numbers.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister PK Bansal admitted that at least 25 of Congress MPs and those of the allies were not present during the voting.
"We knew our numbers. But we wanted to show that we really wanted to have a strong Lokpal. And for that, we wanted to give it a constitutional status. But the BJP and other opposition parties did not want that to happen," he said.
Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy told in the Parliament House said, "We don't know how many (MPs) were there. It is for the Parliamentary Affairs Minister and our leader to decide."
He was reply to a question on the Congress MPs who failed to make it for voting.
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