New Delhi: 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 on Tuesday.
"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 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.
As far as Telangana bill is concerned, Shinde said "our intention is very clear that we want to do it". The winter session, which began on December 5, will continue till December 20.
Asked about the reverses suffered by the Congress in recent Assembly elections in four states, the Home Minister said victory and defeat are not a new thing and it keeps happening.
He said under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress has been in power for the last ten years but such things (defeat in polls) happen in politics.
"If you go back a little, in Karnataka elections or in the Uttarakhand elections, our Congress party had won both the polls. We have won in Himachal Pradesh too. Such things happen in elections.
"Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi said that we have to analyse what were our mistakes. We have to see. It is the responsibility of each party to see the reasons for such results. Victory and defeat comes to every one. This is nothing new," he said.
