NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (NNN-PTI) — A draft legislation to suppress communal violence is likely to be delayed as the government is understood to be in favour of holding more consultations before giving it a nod.
“It is better that the bill is delayed by some months than rush it with some shortcomings,” Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal told NDTV.
“In democracy it is better to take all factors into account and then get the bill passed. We cannot have a situation where the bill is passed with several errors,” he said.
The Communal Violence (Suppression) Bill was introduced in Parliament in 2005 as part of government’s efforts to check communal violence like the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.
The bill has been passed by the Union Cabinet twice but has run into trouble as a section of government is of the opinion that bill, if passed in its current form, will not serve the purpose it had been planned for.