Union Cabinet Clears Communal Violence Bill Monday Dec 16,2013

Though several States have expressed opposition to the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill, the Union Cabinet on Monday Dec 16,2013 gave its approval to it, paving the way for its introduction in the winter session of Parliament that ends on Friday Dec 20,2013

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Before the Union Cabinet on Monday gave its approval to the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill several State Home Secretaries had objected to the “anti-federal” provisions of the Bill. 

The Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Odisha also wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the proposed legislation was exclusively in the domain of the States and opposed the move to bring the Bill in Parliament.