04-27-2009, 08:28 AM
This is a very rare occurance for the president to send back a cabinet decision for review
This must mean Pratibha Patil sees a BJP win
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/presiden...or-bill/451280/
In a rare intervention, President Pratibha Patil has returned the recommendation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to send the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, 2003, back to the state Assembly. Sources told The Sunday Express that the President has directed the MHA to seek the concurrence of the Union Cabinet on the course of action suggested by it.
âWe have already sent back the file to the MHA for placing the same before the Cabinet,â disclosed a senior functionary in the Presidentâs Secretariat.
Incidentally, there have been differences within the Union Cabinet, too, on the fate of the Bill, with the Cabinet failing to take a decision on the issue twice. Some ministers are said to hold the view that since the Gujarat law is similar to the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), which is applicable in Congress-ruled Maharashtra and Delhi, the Centre should recommend to the President to give her assent to the GUJCOC Bill, which is lying in the MHA since 2004.
This must mean Pratibha Patil sees a BJP win
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/presiden...or-bill/451280/
In a rare intervention, President Pratibha Patil has returned the recommendation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to send the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, 2003, back to the state Assembly. Sources told The Sunday Express that the President has directed the MHA to seek the concurrence of the Union Cabinet on the course of action suggested by it.
âWe have already sent back the file to the MHA for placing the same before the Cabinet,â disclosed a senior functionary in the Presidentâs Secretariat.
Incidentally, there have been differences within the Union Cabinet, too, on the fate of the Bill, with the Cabinet failing to take a decision on the issue twice. Some ministers are said to hold the view that since the Gujarat law is similar to the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), which is applicable in Congress-ruled Maharashtra and Delhi, the Centre should recommend to the President to give her assent to the GUJCOC Bill, which is lying in the MHA since 2004.