Determined to pass Lokpal Bill: Rahul

NEW DELHI : Charging the Opposition of not allowing� the passage of Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today said the government was determined� to get it passed in Parliament.�We brought the Lokpal Bill but the Opposition stalled it. However, we are determined to bring it in Parliament and get it passed,� Mr Gandhi said at the rally organised by the Congress� at Ramlila Maidan.Reiterating the determination of his party to tackle corruption, he said the Congress-led government brought in the� RTI Act so that aam aadmi can battle the �system�.�We have given RTI to the people of India. If today, there� has been action against corruption, it has been due to the RTI� Act,� he claimed.Listing the measures taken for welfare of the common man, he said the UPA has waived off loans to the farmers.� We have reached out to the farmers, to the poor, but the Opposition will not acknowledge it,� he added. (UNI)