The Centre has expressed confidence that the Lokpal Bill will be passed in the Rajya Sabha in the current session. Talking to reporters at the Chennai airport yesterday, Union Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy, who had moved the amended Lokpal Bill in the Upper House on Friday, said Congress, its allies and BJP support the bill even as Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, which provides outside support to the UPA, has made its opposition clear.

Citing the support of BJP to the Lokpal Bill even without discussion, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Twitter hoped that the Samajwadi Party will reconsider its opposition to the anti-graft measure.

Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party has said that the current form of Lokpal Bill is not acceptable to it as it is weak. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi yesterday, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the party will continue its movement for a strong lokpal bill across the country.

Rubbishing Arvind Kejriwal's contention, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has expressed satisfaction over the amended Lokpal bill presented in the Rajya Sabha. Talking to reporters in Ralegan Siddhi, Anna Hazare said several of his expectations from the legislation have been met.