PM meets Pratibha, briefs her on resolution on Lokpal Bill

PTI

New Delhi, 28 August 2011: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday called on President Pratibha Patil and briefed her about the consensus resolution passed in Parliament on Lokpal Bill.

 

“The Prime Minister briefed the President about the ongoing session of the Parliament and also on the consensus resolution passed in both Houses of the Parliament on August 27, 2011 on matters relating to the Lokpal Bill,” a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said.

 

 

The meeting lasted for about half-an-hour, the spokesperson added.

 

The 74-year-old social activist Anna Hazare broke his 12-day-old fast at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi after securing Parliament’s nod on key elements of the Jan Lokpal Bill.