N-liability Bill weighs heavily on Sonias mind

The hasty retreat of Government on the Nuclear liability bill apparently weighing heavily on Sonia's mind.

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The hasty retreat of Government on the Nuclear liability bill apparently weighing heavily on her mind,Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed concern over the absence of party MPs and asked them to take attendance in Parliament more seriously.

Gandhi,who is Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP),also wanted greater coordination between the floor managers and the members with a proper briefing on the Bills coming up before the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha,party sources said.

Her observations at the first meeting of the newly-elected Executive Committee of the CPP came a day after the Government decided at the last minute in the Lok Sabha to defer the introduction of the crucial nuclear liability bill fearing a loss of face with the opposition getting united.

Government had to beat a hasty retreat in view of the failure of 35 of its MPs,including some ministers to be present in the House. It feared that it could be defeated at that stage itself in the event of voting by division.

The absence of the MPs and ministers was glaring especially in view of a three-line whip that was already in place for a bill on archaeological monuments.

Those who were present in todays meeting included Suresh Kalmadi,Santosh Bagrodia,Pawan Singh Ghatowar,Rajeev Shukla and Sandeep Dikshit,Ponnam Prabhakar amongst others.

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