Questioning the timing of bringing the Communal Violence Bill, Narendra Modi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, describing the proposed legislation as “ill-conceived, poorly drafted and a recipe for disaster”. Read more »
Pitching for the safe passage of Communal Violence Bill in the current session of Parliament, Minorities Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan today said it is not a divisive Bill and efforts are on to arrive at a consensus on the issue. ”Consultations are going on to bring the Bill in the session. Read more »
Communal Violence Bill, drafted in 2001 which is flagrantly violative of the right to equality and patently discriminatory being violative of Article 15(1) is proposed to be introduced in the Winter Session of the Parliament Read more »
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the central government of “unnecessary interfering in the activities of the state governments” after a bill on preventing communal violence was revived. Read more »
Under proposed anti-Hindu Communal Targeted Violence Act, Hindus can be punished even if they don’t commit any offence, on the basis of complaint lodged by minorities. This will put in jeopardy the definition of Indian Constitution of punishing only the offenders. Read more »
‘Communal Violence Bill’ is a big conspiracy of the Central Government to suppress Hindus and appease Muslims Read more »
The Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh which put the ruling Samajwadi Party on the defensive, and Narendra Modi’s taunt that his State had ‘passed’ him with distinction while the Congress still had to give an account of itself, have driven the latter to revive the contentious Prevention of Communal and Targetted Violence Bill, now slated to be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament. Read more »
The Communal Violence Bill seems likely to resurface as part of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s desperate bid to sew up minority support in the event of an unexpected election. Read more »
Media reports that the Centre is keen to introduce the controversial communal violence bill, gathering dust in North Block for close to two years now, after Parliament re-assembles on April 22, are disturbing. Read more »
The Home Ministry has decided to push ahead the controversial Communal Violence Bill which aims to check targeted violence against the minorities. The Ministry has submitted their draft of the bill to the Law Ministry for legal vetting. Read more »
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