Lok Sabha has passed the Lokpal Bill with amendments by voice vote with the Left parties, SP and BSP walking out in protest before the voting. The Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011 was approved after the government moved a few other key amendments, including keeping the defence forces and coast guard personnel out of the purview of the anti-graft ombudsman and increasing the exemption time of former MPs from five to seven years.
