Lokpal Bill is historic, landmark step: PM Manmohan Singh

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday described the passage of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament as a "historic and landmark step". "It is a historic and landmark step," he told reporters after the Lok Sabha passed the anti-corruption legislation. The Rajya Sabha had passed it Tuesday.

Earlier, both the prime minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi described it as a watershed legislation in the government`s fight against corruption.