Delhi
There is no question of the Union government withdrawing the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011, Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily informed on Sunday.Much had been debated on the Bill since 2005. It had been discussed at all levels of the State. There was a national consensus on the government going ahead with the Bill, he told a press conference here.

On the opposition from some sections of society, the Minister said introduction of the Bill in the present circumstances, in the interest of security and harmony, was inevitable.When the Constitution was drafted its framers did not expect the “present kind of incidents and conflicts.”