Tharoor pats BJP for help passing Lokpal Bill

With the Lokpal Bill securing parliamentary nod, Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today appreciated the main opposition BJP for extending support to the historic legislation.
"...Without the cooperation of BJP, it could not have happened..We certainly have to acknowledge that..This is ultimately the entire political class standing up and saying we are prepared to be accountable as the Indian public wants to", he said during an interaction with the media here.
He maintained the proposal of Lokpal goes back to the times of Indira Gandhi but it had not made headway despite several attempts. The Anna Hazare movement crystalized the public mood and the clamour from the public naturally comes to the ears of the politicians, he said.

Stating that his party was very serious about the legislation, he said "if Anna Hazare feels that the objective of his mass movement has been accomplished in this bill, it is wrong for us to sit here and second guess that content."
He gave credit to Indian people for the passage of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament and said the parties were responding to a genuine perception that the public of India wants it.