Centre clears GCTOC, ball in now in President’s court
September 24, 2015
New Delhi
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cleared the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015 and sent it to the President’s secretariat, according to Economic Times. It will become a law once it receives President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent.
The bill has been hanging fire since Modi first introduced it in 2001 as Gujarat chief minister. It was was thrice rejected by the UPA government.
The President can seek clarifications on certain contentious clauses before giving his assent or rejecting the bill. However, the home ministry’s recommendations are usually accepted by the President.
MHA has sought clarifications from the Gujarat government on the Bill in July. Although there were some reservations within the Rajnath Singh-led ministry about certain clauses of the bill, the home minister decided to give the go-ahead as he felt that there has been a long delay in giving powers to Gujarat to fight terrorism and organised crime.
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