People stand in front of the Indian parliament building on the opening day of the winter session in New Delhi November 22, 2012. REUTERS/B Mathur
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - - India's parliament voted on Tuesday for the appointment of a powerful anti-graft ombudsman to investigate wrongdoing in government, ending years of dithering, as public anger has mounted over a string of corruption scandals.
The ruling Congress party, which suffered big losses in state elections over the past month in part over allegations of a pervasive culture of corruption, rushed through the Lokpal or ombudsman bill in the upper house of parliament.
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