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| Public mood against ordinance, |
| Public mood against ordinance, government must withdraw it: Prakash Karat
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| INDIA
, 2-October-2013
8:17:10 AM |
| The recent public protest against a controversial government ordinance that sought to protect the privileges of convicted MPs and MLAs has been successful.
Today, the Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat categorically admitted that public mood was against bringing such a law and the government should withdraw the bill they had introduced during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Mr Karat told NDTV, "Though there was a view that some kind of safeguard should be given to the MPs and MLAs against verdict of lower courts, recent experiences have shown that public does not want such things. We think that there is no need for such a law and the government should withdraw the bill."
Some UPA allies are expected to seek an explanation at a cabinet meeting this evening on why the government rushed the controversial ordinance only to do a u-turn. The CPM has welcomed the proposed withdrawal.
"Since UPA government has made it a habit to bring ordinance on very important issues, we were totally against the ordinance route and welcome any move to withdraw the ordinance," Mr Karat said.
The CPM General Secretary also termed Rahul Gandhi's outburst as a "strange" way of expressing views on a contentious issue. "It is an internal matter of Congress and I am not in a position to comment much about it. But if it is the way decisions are made and then unmade, all I can say is that something is wrong with the Congress's decision making structure."
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