IDBI Bill scrapes through in Lok Sabha

 The Bill was about to fall through in the House when CPM MP Basudev Acharya moved an amendment and sought a division.

 Deputy Lok Sabha Speaker PM Sayeed, who was in the chair, however, brokered a truce between the Opposition and the government and requested Acharya to withdraw the amendment.

 The curious turn of events took place in the evening when the treasury benches were almost almost empty. Acharya, whose first amendment was turned down by voice vote, saw the government