Lucknow BJP leader Arun Jaitely on Sunday said UPA government was in dilemma over the draft Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill, terming it as a "thorn stuck in its throat".
"The Bill has become thorn in the throat of the UPA government, which is neither passing nor withdrawing. This is a government of dilemma," Jaitely said while addressing a function.
"The government does not know what to do, if it takes it back Sonia Gandhi will get angry, and if it is passed the countrymen will be angry," Jaitely said adding that BJP was against the Bill since the time it was proposed.
He said that UPA government was in dilemma be it matter of armed forces special powers act in Jammu and Kashmir, capital punishment to the killers of Rajiv Gandhi or the case of Parliament attack accused.
Claiming that Home Minister P Chidambaram had to back track from his statement, regarding dealing strictly with Maoists, Jaitely said that it happened after opposition from within his own party.
About Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jaitely alleged that his position in the government is of a CEO (Chief Executive Officer)of a company, who has to execute orders of Congress party.
Members of the National Advisory Council (NAC) had on November 18 demanded tabling of the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence bill in the Winter Session of Parliament.
The Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence(Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill 2001, better known as communal violence bill, has been submitted by NAC to the government which has yet not acted on it in the wake of opposition to the draft provisions by political parties like the BJP.
The draft law intends to prevent and control targeted violence against the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and religious and linguistic minorities.
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