The UPA was embarrassed when the proposal, first suggested by Rahul Gandhi, to confer constitutional status to lokpal was voted out by the Lok Sabha, but the Congress and the government may still be able to ride on the anti-corruption storm generated by Gandhian Anna Hazare.

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