Recapitulation of Assumptions

As I said yesterday that it is unlikely that the government would  want a direct decision on lokpal through voting, as they were aware of number games. The fact that the number games were in recent times subject to so much prevarications - starting right from the time of Narasimha Rao govt and Sibu Soren episode - that it was not desirable to have any truck with it. Moreover for the Govt. at the risk of a little loss of face which can be dealt so long as their never given due great Assets  like the FM are around and the fact that public memory is short coupled with the fact that Congress of late are developing the tendency of an Ostrich who assails a storm by putting its face in sand, it was no wonder that either way it was a win win proposition (they believed)for them (read the Royal Family and its closest aides).
Otherwise how could they draft a bill of lokpal whose selection will be in the hands of three politicians and sitting in the Parliament, to be endorsed by another politician statesman handpicked and elected by the same politicians, when the entire street show against corruption started from the plank of political corruption aiding and abetting the down the line corruption in bureaucracy and police, not to mention the issue of corruption in Judiciary which admittedly brings to the fore the consideration on Judicial Accountability Bill.
The Rajya Sabha  session ended without any decision, as was expected, with the Govt. asking for more time for reconsideration on the subject of amendments proposed. So lokpal again goes back to the archives of Proposed Bills that never became Laws.
Its a sad time for Indian Democracy, and once again I have to admit with grudging admiration that Politics reigns supreme.