BJP opposes parts of communal violence bill

Even as the Government is preparing to table a bill in Parliament to check communal violence, the Bharatiya Janata Party has slammed some of the legislation's provisions while the Left parties said they would wait to see if their suggestions had been incorporated in the proposed law. The BJP feels some of the provisions in the bill may constitute a serious encroachment on the federal nature of the Constitution. The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the re-drafted Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill for introduction in Parliament.