The much-awaited vote on the Lokpal bill fizzled out in the Rajya Sabha amid chaos at midnight as the house was adjourned sine die, leaving the government and opposition members at each other's throats and the anti-corruption legislation's future uncertain.
In unprecedented scenes, disorder enveloped the upper house towards the end of the day-long animated and stormy debate on the bill meant to combat the cancer of corruption. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that the government had lost the moral right to govern.
Image: Opposition MPs shout slogans against UPA government as they come out after discussion on Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on late night Thursday. Text: IANS Images: PTI
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