Toned down, but communal violence bill still a hard sell

A last-minute attempt by the UPA government to revive the eight-year-old communal violence bill is headed for trouble despite a move to tone down controversial provisions that give the Centre the power to intervene. Pushing for the bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday the government would try to evolve a consensus on issues which are of “great” legislative importance. The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi dubbed the bill a recipe for disaster.

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