In the last session also, Agrawal was the first to oppose it in Rajya Sabha and had sought to bring a motion for referring the Bill to a 15-member select committee of the House.
Agrawal said the issue of creating a Lokpal has been there since the times of Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee but it was not implemented then and "why it should be implemented now." "The acceptance of the institution of Lokpal is to express disbelief in Parliamentary democracy. This cannot be allowed to happen," he said.
When pointed out that his party colleague Ramgopal Yadav was also a member of the select committee on Lokpal, Agrawal said, "He would have registered his protest and views there also."
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