21 May,2012 07:22 AM IST | | IANS
The bill has been cleared by the Rajya Sabha.u00a0"The bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha. In the Rajya Sabha, a bill can only be passed if other parties support it.
And I am so happy that other parties didn't go against it. I am so grateful to the government and to the opposition. They saw the bill from the eyes of humanity," said Akhtar who has been lobbying for the bill for the past two years.u00a0