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| Ordinance to protect convicted neta |
| Ordinance to protect convicted netas: government fights opposition within Congress
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| INDIA
, 27-September-2013
3:54:41 AM |
| The government is under pressure to rethink an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification, which it pushed and forwarded to President Pranab Mukherjee in questionable haste this week despite strong objections from the opposition as well as the ruling Congress.
"Most of us are against the ordinance, why the hurry?" asked Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit, the latest in a growing queue of Congressmen going public with their criticism of the move. Milind Deora, Digvijaya Singh, Priya Dutt and Anil Shastri have also questioned the rush to bring the ordinance.
"It should go to the Standing Committee (of Parliament). We hope the leadership agrees...we are exploring options within the party," Mr Dikshit told NDTV.
The ordinance overturns a Supreme Court disqualifying convicted MPs and MLAs, and allows them to stay on without a salary or voting rights, if a court stays their conviction.
The proposed move has ranged the ruling party against its own government ahead of polls in five states later this year and the national elections due by May.
The President, who is reportedly unsure of the "compelling reasons" to bring the ordinance, has decided to wait for the Prime Minister's return on Tuesday, say sources. Which means the ordinance may not be signed before Monday's hearing of a case against Lalu Yadav, a loyal ally of the Manmohan Singh government, who faces disqualification if he is convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam.
However, if signed, the ordinance will come into retrospective effect from July 10 - that may come as a relief to Mr Yadav, if he is convicted.
Last night, the President called the government's top troubleshooters - Law Minister Kapil Sibal, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath. The ministers reportedly told Mr Mukherjee that the ordinance was needed to avoid a 'vacuum in law' after a Bill on it could not be passed in Parliament.
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