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Uproar in Lok Sabha over Enemy Property Bill | There was uproar in the Lok Sabha on Monday over a Bill
to amend a law governing properties left behind by those who went to Pakistan during partition. Members of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) protested and forced adjournment of the House for an hour. Raising the
matter during Zero Hour, SP chief Mulayam Singh said the bill would snatch the
rights of the Muslims who stayed back in India and went against a Supreme Court
verdict, which had granted them the right over properties, which were left behind
by their forefathers. However, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal said
the government was bringing appropriate amendments to take care of the concerns
raised by Mulayam Singh. AIADMK's Munisamy Thambidurai, who was presiding the
session, adjourned the house till 2 p.m. amid the din. The Bill makes it clear
that courts would have no jurisdiction over occupation of properties, which have
been left behind by those who went to Pakistan at the time of Partition. There
are about 2,000 such properties in the country. Earlier, in the day, both Houses
were adjourned following pandemonium over the alleged misuse of Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI). As soon as the Lok Sabha met, Leader of the Opposition
Sushma Swaraj accused the government of misusing the CBI. Swaraj demanded that
the current session be extended by another day to enable discussion on the functioning
of the CBI. "This session should not end without a discussion on the functioning
of CBI. The misuse of CBI to meet narrow political ends should stop," she said.
Sushma Swaraj said the discussion assumes significance in the wake of allegations
made by senior Gujarat IPS officer Geeta Johri that the CBI was "pressurising"
her to name some top political leaders in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. |
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