The Lokpal Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday even as the Left Front, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party staged a walk out.
Before the Lokpal Bill as put to vote the Government amended Section 24, the provision to keep armed forces under its ambit, the state government will decide on the Lokayuktas, and the requirement of three-fourth members of Lokpal to approve inquiry against the Prime Minister was changed to two-third.
Section 24 had given the right to Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha to take action against MPs even if the trial by the Lokpal was on.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) abstained from voting on the amendment moved by Basudeb Acharia on bringing corporate houses and the act of the Prime Minister signing commercial agreements under the Lokpal.
Just before the voting started the Samajwadi Party and the BSP MPs walked out of the Lok Sabha.
"We could not have gone with the BJP, so we walked out," said Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Since our amendments were not accepted, we walked out," said BSP MP Dara Singh Chauhan.
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