The Rajya Sabha has taken up Lok pal and Lokayukta bill for discussion. The report of the Rajya Sabha select committee on the bill was laid by Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy in the House.

Piloting the bill, Minister of State for Personnel, V Narayanasamy said the present bill has incorporated the recommendations made by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha.

The Union Cabinet had accepted 14 of the 16 recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee, which was set up in May last year amid sharp differences among political parties because of which the legislation remained stuck in the Upper House since December 2011. Earlier, the Lokpal Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha.

As noisy scenes continued by Samajwadi Party members on the price rise issue, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien adjourned the House till 2.30 PM.

Meanwhile, Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike pressing for passage of Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament entered the fourth on Friday.

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad has reiterated the party’s commitment to the enactment of the Lokpal Bill.

Speaking with media persons outside Parliament he said the party is serious about taking up the Lokpal Bill despite the government having not agreed to two-three amendments proposed by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Lokpal Bill.

Denying BJP’s role in disrupting the parliament, Prasad said it is the government’s own allies and supporting parties that have not allowed either of the two houses to function normally for more than a week into the short winter session.