Bill to prevent violence in name of religion soon HM

Bill to prevent violence in name of religion soon: HM

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that government would soon introduce the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation) Bill with amendments to prevent violence in the name of caste and religion.

Some suggestions had come from Parliamentary Standing Committee for amending the Bill and it had been placed before Parliament, he said in a function organised to unveil a statue of B R Ambedkar at Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu late Saturday evening.

Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi had suggested to make it tougher for those instigating caste and communal violence, he said, adding the draft bill would be ready soon.

It was not good to hear about caste and communal violence even after several decades of Independence, he said, adding such incidents had no place in the land where great leaders like Kamaraj, Anna (Annadurai-DMK founder) and Periyar (rationalist leader) lived.