After two rounds of talks with Team Anna, the Government on Wednesday said there is “some hope” of finding a solution to sticky issues relating to the Lokpal Bill.

“If there have been two meetings in last 24 hours, I cannot say we are stagnant....Some hope must have been there...We are trying to find out possibilities of finding some solution...(and) trying to know what is the difficulty and where,” Law Minister Mr Salman Khurshid told reporters here.

Emerging after a meeting with the Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Mr Khurshid said that the government is “seriously concerned” about Mr Hazare’s health and, hence, making efforts to find some way to ensure that the Gandhian’s health remains fine.

He, at the same time, clarified there has been “no agreement (and) no specific content and no issue has been discussed. Just a sense of it...What are the sticking points that can be removed so that his fast can be broken...That is all we are trying to do.”

Mr Khurshid said the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will seek the views of other parties at the all-party meeting about how to go forward on the issue.

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