Govt in tight corner on Communal Bill
In a major jolt to the Government’s bid to evolve a consensus on the proposed Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice & Regulations) Bill 2011, drafted by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council (NAC), Congress’ key ally Trinamool Congress on Saturday joined ranks with the Opposition to strongly oppose the legislation. At the National Integration Council (NIC) meet, held after three years, leaders of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley dubbed it as a “dangerous” Bill that would destroy the federal structure of the country. They took on the NAC saying its draft was “non-secular and denies equivalence even in terms of communal law”.
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