New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS): The union government is confident of tabling the Lokpal bill in the ongoing winter session of parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Thursday.

"I believe that it would be possible. There was an all-party meeting yesterday (Wednesday) where 35 different parties participated. All had different views on the issue. To say there was broad consensus on the issue would be wrong. This has increased the workload of the government," Bansal told reporters.

He said the government was working hard to bring it in the current session of parliament.

"We are working hard on it and I am confident we will be able to present it in this session. We will have to do a lot of hard work and only then it would be possible," he said.

"Even if we do it by Jan 20-21, I don't think why it cannot be done. On one day it can be discussed in one house and on the other day it can be done in the second house," he said.

Bansal said there was no consensus at the all-party meeting as some asked why the process was being hastened.

"Our aim is how to find a consensus view from the different views given by the parties. Government has started working now on the issue and its sole effort is to see how we can come up with the bill as soon as possible," he said.