Govt wants to bring Jan Lokpal, Communal Violence and Telangana Bill in this session: Shinde

Rajya Sabha has sent Jan Lokpal Bill to the Select Committee, says the minister

Government is keen to table three key legislations -- Jan Lokpal Bill, Communal Violence Bill and Telangana Bill -- in the current session of Parliament, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today.

"Our intention is clear. We want to do it," he said at a press conference when asked whether the three legislations would be tabled in the ongoing session.

Shinde said the government got the Jan Lokpal Bill passed in Lok Sabha and after that the Bill had gone to Rajya Sabha which sent it to the Select Committee.

"The Select Committee has recommended some amendments and with these amendments, the bill is now pending in Rajya Sabha. The Minister concerned has already given a notice to Rajya Sabha to take up this Bill immediately," he said.

As far as the the proposed Communal Violence Bill is concerned, the Home Minister said the legislation has been pending for a very long time and lots of discussions have taken place on it recently.

He said the Union Home Secretary has held a meeting with state Home Secretaries and discussed the issue at length.

"This is one of the promised actions that we have to do and we will do. We will try (to bring in this session)," he said.

Asked about some state governments' opposition to the Bill, the Home Minister said if any state has any reservation over any clause, they can talk to him directly or can communicate to him and also to his officers.

"If they have any reservation on any particular point, we are ready to discuss," he said.