The government should not rush through the three criminal Bills that were recently cleared by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs and are expected to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming winter session of Parliament, West Bengal Chief Minister Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah.
In a two-page letter, Ms. Banerjee said, “extreme caution” and “due-diligence” should precede any change in the existing statutes. And in the fitness of things, an outgoing government, she said, should not take the step.
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