Only 3 Sonia letters to PM in UPA-2
It has been revealed that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh only thrice since UPA was sworn-in a second time. It has also been revealed that she has not written any letter in the last six months. This information was accessed by Naresh Saini through a Right To Information application filed by him regarding letters written by Sonia to the PM.
Sonia’s last letter to the PM was written on November 25th 2009. That was in connection with some lacunae in the compensation offered to the family of Hemant Karkare, an IPS officer who sacrificed his life while battling the terrorists in the 26\11 attack. She had requested him to address that. In another letter dated August 19, 2009, she had asked the Prime Minister to continue being a part of the international jury on Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. In a separate letter dated July 29, 2009, the UPA chairperson had asked the PM to serve the Board of Trustees of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. In an communique dated October 16, 2008, Mrs Gandhi had requested Dr Singh to intervene in favour of Padmanabha Swamy temple at Thiruvananthapuram.
She had even quoted Indira Gandhi who always favoured the temple being under the care of the former rulers of Travancore and their descendants. This was in response to the proposal of the Left Front government to take over the administration of the temple. On the October 7, 2008, Mrs Gandhi had requested Dr Singh to consider giving an appropriate amount towards Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s fund.
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Bill on child abuse by July session
Chennai, July 4: A bill to introduce a new law to effectively deal with child sexual abuse cases is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament, Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Sunday.
“The draft for the bill is in the advanced stage. We hope to introduce it in the next session of Parliament,” Mr Moily told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
To a question on making Tamil as the court language in the Madras high court, he said the judiciary had to take a view on it.
“We have already taken up the matter... And it is a matter on which judiciary has to take a view,” he said.
On honour killings, he said suitable modifications would be made in the relevant law to make it more stringent.
Earlier, Mr Moily inaugurated a consultation on “Law Reform and Legislation for Sexual Offences against Children,” organised by a non-profit organisation.
—PTI
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