Chidambaram's junior tables bill to avoid opposition protest
Monday December 12, 2011 03:43:17 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Facing an
opposition boycott in parliament over his alleged role in the 2G
scam, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday avoided a major
confrontation in the house when he let his junior minister
introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha that was originally listed in
his name.
Though it is a norm for ministers of state to introduce bills in
parliament, the list of Monday's Lok Sabha business mentioned that
the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2011, will be introduced by
Chidambaram.
Chidambaram was not in the house when Minister of State for Home
Mullappally Ramachandran moved the bill that amends the Arms Act,
1959, which regulates the acquisition and transfer of arms and
ammunition.
The bill was moved peacefully with opposition MPs smiling at one
another.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) had at the start of the winter session decided to boycott
Chidambaram in parliament for his alleged complicity in the 2G
spectrum scam during his tenure as the finance minister 2004-08.
The government has denied the home minister had any role in fixing
the prices for the 2G telecom licenses, for which the then
communications minister A. Raja has been jailed pending trial.
The opposition boycott had threatened to jeopardise at least seven
crucial bills that the home minister was to introduce in
parliament during the winter session that ends Dec 22. The BJP and
other NDA parties have not allowed Chidambaram to speak in the
house.
However, it seems the way out has been found.
Sources told IANS that if the opposition does not relent,
Chidambaram's two junior ministers - Ramachandran and Jitendra
Singh - would move the bills in the houses.
It also remains to be seen if Chidambaram would be allowed to
speak when the house debates the bills that have been introduced
or will be introduced. As the minister, he is supposed to reply to
a debate and clear doubts about the bill, if any, before the house
passes it.
The ministry has two controversial bills -- the enemy property
bill and the communal violence bill -- already pending in
parliament. Seven more draft legislations are supposed to be
introduced in the winter session.
They include the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill,
2011, the New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Bill,
Citizenship Amendment Bill and the Prevention of Torture Bill.
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