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| Cabinet rejects ordinance route |
| Cabinet rejects ordinance route for anti-corruption bills pushed by Rahul Gandhi, clears reservation for Jats
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| INDIA
, 2-March-2014
10:32:4 AM |
| The Union Cabinet today rejected the ordinance route for anti-corruption bills pushed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi while clearing reservation for the Jat community and approving changes to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill in a special meeting today.
The anti-graft bills were being seen as Congress's last-ditch efforts to reclaim the anti-corruption plank, seen to be appropriated by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and Narendra Modi's BJP in the run-up to national elections due by May.
The Cabinet decision on Jats gives the community reservation in central government jobs and educational institutions, a demand that came from nine states - Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Bihar.
The decision regarding the division of Andhra Pradesh gives special status to Seemandhra - the region that will form the residuary state once Telangana is carved out as India's 29th state.
The Cabinet decisions came after hectic consultation between the top UPA ministers and Congress leaders during the weekend. AK Antony, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ahmed Patel met PM Manmohan Singh at his residence before the meeting.
Yesterday, Mr Shinde and Law Minister Kapil Sibal met President Pranab Mukherjee who has been reluctant to sign the legislations days before the announcement of Lok Sabha elections, due by May.
Defending the controversial ordinance route, Congress spokesman Rajiv Shukla said, "The ordinances are for the welfare of people. If cabinet accepts them, it is nothing to worry about. The opposition must also support it.
A massive political backlash is now expected since a government, which has entered its last lap, conventionally leaves the fate of pending bills to be decided by the next government
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