Take on Communal Violence Bill: Jaya to CMs

CHENNAI:  Continuing her campaign against the proposed Prevention of Communal Violence (Access to Justice and Reparation) Bill, 2011, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday wrote to all non-Congress Chief Ministers as well as non-Congress, non-DMK MPs requesting them to raise their voice against it.“I appeal to all right-thinking political parties and MPs to look at the real intentions of the UPA government at the Centre in piloting this fascist Bill and unite in throwing this out at the introduction stage itself,” Jayalalithaa said in a statement here.Reiterating her view on the Bill, Jayalalithaa said, under the garb of preventing communal and targeted violence, the UPA government was attempting to totally bypass the State governments and concentrate all powers in the Central government rendering the States powerless and totally at the mercy of the Centre. She said the Bill was also an attempt to keep the State governments under the constant threat of dismissal.  She recalled her statement issued on July 29 pointing out the real motives behind the “apparently altruistic bill”.