Prez makes govt wait for ordinance, sends signal

President Pranab Mukherjee kept the government waiting all through Thursday for his consent to the ordinance on the National Food Security Bill, that was approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. While the Opposition trained its guns on the government for scuttling discussion in Parliament on the legislation, Mr Mukherjee’s decision to go through the ordinance with a fine tooth comb before he puts his stamp to it is being seen as a signal that unlike some others he “is not a rubber-stamp” constitutional head.

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