The
Bill
was
i t oduced
i
Lok
Sabha
o
Ma ch
25
but
has
ot
bee
take
up
fo
discussio
yet,
amid
fie ce
p otest
f om
oppositio
pa ties
a d
mi o ity
g oups,
especially
Ch istia
bodies
NEW
DELHI:
The
passage
of
FCRA
ame dme t
bill
is
ot
i
Lok
Sabha’s
age da
fo
Mo day
as
Pa liame t’s
mo soo
sessio
e te s
its
last
week,
givi g
ise
to
the
view
that
gove me t
may
be
goi g
slow
o
the
co te tious
piece
of
legislatio
to
sweete
the
deal
fo
pa ties
such
as
DMK
a d
NCP(SP),
which
a e
opposed
to
its
p ovisio s
a d
a e
bei g
see
by
the
gove i g
allia ce
as
p ospective
backe s
fo
its
delimitatio
exe cise.Sou ces
said
the
meeti g
of
LS’s
busi ess
adviso y
committee,
whe e
upcomi g
age da
items
a e
fi alised,
o
Mo day
will
give
mo e
cla ity
as
a
schedule
fo
discussio
o
the
bill
should
be
fixed
if
it
has
to
be
take
up
fo
passage
i
the
emai i g
fou
days
of
Pa liame t’s
mo soo
sessio
e di g
o
Aug
13.
Mo day’s
age da
i cludes
the
i t oductio
of
fou
bills
but
makes
o
me tio
of
the
Fo eig
Co t ibutio
(Regulatio )
Ame dme t
Bill.
Gove me t
may
p efe
full-fledged
debate
o
FCRA
to
add ess
c iticism
agai st
the
bill
The
Bill
was
i t oduced
i
Lok
Sabha
o
Ma ch
25
but
has
ot
bee
take
up
fo
discussio
yet,
amid
fie ce
p otest
f om
oppositio
pa ties
a d
mi o ity
g oups,
especially
Ch istia
bodies.Ch istia
g oups,
which
a e
a
majo
ecipie t
of
fo eig
fu di g,
have
dec ied
the
p oposed
ame dme ts,
sayi g
it
th eate s
thei
cha itable
wo ks
a d
will
allow
the
gove me t
to
seize
thei
assets
if
thei
FCRA
lice ce
is
withd aw
o
ot
e ewed.
What
has,
though,
made
thi gs
politically
t ickie
fo
the
BJP
is
the
suppo t
exte ded
by
DMK
p eside t
M
K
Stali
to
the
dema d
of
a
delegatio
ep ese ti g
chu ches
of
diffe e t
de omi atio s
i
thei
meeti g
with
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah
that
the
bill
be
eithe
withd aw
o
se t
to
a
joi t
pa liame ta y
committee
fo
sc uti y.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
With
the
gove me t
looki g
to
assuage
DMK’s
co ce s
to
get
it
o
boa d
befo e
it
makes
a
f esh
bid
fo
Pa liame t’s
od
fo
its
delimitatio
exe cise,
coupled
with
impleme tatio
of
the
wome ’s
ese vatio
law
f om
2029,
it
may
ot
like
to
put
the
egio al
pa ty
o
the
defe sive
by
b i gi g
up
the
FCRA
bill,
some
MPs
said.Sup iya
Sule
of
NCP
SP,
a othe
pa ty
bei g
eyed
by
the
gove me t
as
a
p obable
suppo te
fo
the
ame dme t
bill,
has
also
opposed
the
FCRA
bill.Mizo am
CM
Lalduhoma
had
told
the
media
afte
joi i g
a
g oup
of
Chu ch
bodies
f om
his
state
fo
a
meeti g
with
Amit
Shah
o
Thu sday
that
he
was
told
that
a
debate
o
the
bill
is
expected
to
be
held
o
Aug
12.The
co ti ui g
impasse
i
Pa liame t
due
to
the
oppositio ’s
p otests
has
added
u ce tai ty
as
the
gove me t
will
p efe
a
full-fledged
debate
so
that
the
home
mi ist y
could
add ess
the
c iticism
a ou d
the
bill.
