CPI(M) for Communal Violence Bill sans caste factor

S Yechury says principles of federal system and state govts' rights cannot be encroached upon or diluted.

On Saturday,CPI(M) demanded that the proposed Communal Violence Bill should stick to its purpose and not include “other conflict interest” like caste factor.

“We want to ensure two things — first,it should be confined to communal violence. We cannot have all sorts of other conflict interest coming in like caste etc,” CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said after the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting.

“Secondly,the principles of federal system and rights of state governments cannot be anyway encroached upon or diluted. Keeping that in mind the draft should be made,” he said.

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Stressing upon the need of the Bill,he said,”The bill like this concerning communal violence and the rehabilitation of victims is something that is required. That is something in the Common Minimum Programme of UPA-1,which we had endorsed,and on that basis a draft was prepared and referred to the Standing Committee.”

Referring to problems in the old draft,he said,”There were certain problems,and we gave a note of dissent on that basis. It was returned to the cabinet after that nothing seems to have happened.”

“Now,a new draft is being drafted and the fact is that there is an old bill… What happened to that?” he asked.

The draft of the new Bill is being opposed by the BJP,BJD and TMC also.

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