The recriminations over India stalled the anti-corruption

The law opened the lower house earlier this week and the government had insisted that he would put the bill to a vote in the Upper House on Thursday, last day of an extended session of parliament.

After more than 13 hours of debate, however, proceedings were adjourned amid scenes of disorder and the cries of the legislators described as a "farce Midnight" by a newspaper.The opposition and some news reports have accused the government of orchestrating the break in a cynical ploy to get the house adjourned and avoid a vote, it looked set to lose.Minority parties in the ruling coalition - led by the Congress Party of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - had turned against the government and the amendments requested under the Act would almost certainly have failed to pass.The Indian Express daily said the ruling coalition had "egg on his face," while the tabloid Mail Today said that the law was now "in a cold room."The Trinamool Congress, a member of the coalition less reliable who had demanded amendments to the law, called it "shameful" day for democracy and as a result of "orchestrated chaos".Arun Jaitley, leader of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who also constantly disrupted the parliament during the last year, said the government was "running away" because she was "a hopeless minority. "


Failure Thursday is another blow to the most vulnerable Singh, whose administration had to remove another major reform this month allowing foreign supermarkets to operate in India.The future of the bill is now uncertain, but it will most likely be revised and resubmitted to the legislators to the opening session of parliament in 2012.There were over 180 amendments tabled by the opposition during the debate on Thursday that the government promised to look into."We try our best to get the bill passed," said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal in the final minutes of debate on Thursday.Singh Government had invested significant political capital by adopting the law called Lokpal before the end of the year, seeing an important signal that it wanted to combat the scourge of corruption in India.The law was one of the biggest political issues in India for months, the subject of a dispute between the wrath of the government, opposition and civil society activists.A mass movement demanding a tough new anti-corruption law was led by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, who captured the public imagination in August, when he led a hunger strike for 12 days against corruption.Under the bill Lokpal, an independent ombudsman could be established with powers to investigate and prosecute public officials, but a debate has raged over the officials will come in its mandate and autonomy to pursue them.Hazare tapped into widespread anger over graft Indian culture fueled by a series of highly publicized scandals involving ministers in the cabinet of Mr. Singh and senior Congress Party.His last campaign demanding that the bill will be further tempered was called to a halt on Wednesday with the crowd drawing frail 74-year small to Mumbai because of concerns about his health.