The Manipur Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Manipur Lokayukta Bill, 2011. The Bill seeks to establish the institution of Lokayukta in the state to inquire into the allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries.With the passage of the Bill, Manipur will be the third state in the North-Eastern India after Assam and Tripura, to have a legislation of Lok Ayukta.AIR, Imphal Correspondent reports that members across party lines welcomed the Bill when State Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh moved it in the State Assembly this afternoon.The winter session of the Assembly which began from the 21st of this month, is ending on Thursday. This may be the last session of the ninth Manipur Legislative Assembly.