NEW DELHI: A controversial anti-terror bill, passed by the Gujarat assembly but twice rejected by the previous UPA Government, was returned by President Pranab Mukherjee seeking additional information.
The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, 2015, which has been hanging fire since Narendra Modi, as Gujarat Chief Minister first introduced it in 2003, was returned by the President to the Home Ministry as he sought more inputs related to certain provisions of the bill.
“Home Ministry will provide the additional inputs to the President after obtaining the same from the Gujarat Government,” a Home Ministry official said.
The Home Ministry has informed the President after his communication that it was withdrawing the bill and will submit a re-worked bill for his consent. (AGENCIES)
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