be for appropriate action the lokayukta will not probe allegations of corruption against any mla in respect of anything said or votes cast in the assembly or any committee covered under article 194 of the constitutionopposition leader m k stalin said the bill lacked power and warranted changes after dmk its allies congress and iuml too wanted the bill referred to the select committee when stalin threatened to walk out in protest there was consultation between the ministers and chief minister edappadi k palaniswami some ministers even said the bill can be sent to select committee but chief minister spoke to law minister c ve shanmugam and the bill was passed without the oppositionin april the supreme court asked 11 states and the union territory of puducherry to specify the reasons on july 10 for not setting up lokayuktas as per the provisions of lokpal and lokayuktas act 2013