BJP has 'hidden agenda' of blocking Lokpal: Congress

Slamming the BJP leader over her anti-Rao pitch, the Congress spokesperson said the process and procedure of appointment were also part of the Rajya Sabha's select committee report on Lokpal to which members from all parties including the BJP were signatories.

He wondered in that case is Swaraj's protest “not an attempt per se to block the appointment of Lokpal”. Surjewala said that besides the Prime Minister and the Leader of Opposition, the panel also has a nominee of the Chief Justice of India and the Speaker.

“Does it mean that BJP has also lost faith in two most democratic edifices of the country—the office of the CJI and the Speaker? Is it fair on part of the Leader of Opposition to raise objections, which are politically motivated and unjustifiably question the loyalty of an eminent jurist on whose name even a Supreme Court Judge and Speaker have agreed upon?

“Does the Leader of Opposition want rest of the two members only to agree to the choice of the BJP. BJP must answer the question to people of India instead of indulging in the game of oneupmanship,” he said.