Ordinance On Convicted Netas

• Congress to withdraw ordinance derided by Rahul Gandhi

  The Congress has decided to withdraw a contentious ordinance that allows convicted parliamentarians to stay in office, a proposal that was severely and publicly attacked last week by the party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

• Government likely to defend ordinance on convicted netas before withdrawing it tomorrow: sources

  The union cabinet will meet tomorrow to decide the fate of an ordinance on convicted politicians that it approved last week, as the ruling Congress hunts for a face-saver after its second-in-command Rahul Gandhi trashed the executive order as "complete nonsense."

• PM likely to withdraw ordinance on convicted netas on October 2: sources

  After Rahul Gandhi called it "complete nonsense", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to withdraw the controversial ordinance on convicted politicians in a cabinet meeting tomorrow, sources have said.

• Lalu jailed in fodder scam, now govt moves to withdraw ordinance on convicted netas

  After Rahul Gandhi dismissed it as 'complete nonsense', the government is set to withdraw a controversial ordinance protecting convicted lawmakers, a move the BJP said was directed solely at saving ally Lalu Prasad Yadav from disqualification.

• Ordinance row: Must be humble to accept and rectify an error, says Milind Deora

  Union Minister Milind Deora, who created a furore with his tweet on the ordinance on convicted netas, today said Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the ordinance is "healthy for democracy" and said there was nothing wrong in accepting and rectifying an error.

• Blog: When Rahul finally met the press and dropped a 'bombshell'

  For a long time now, all of us covering the Congress party have been prepped for a "big" event - the party managers have been talking about the party number two Rahul Gandhi meeting us for a press conference.

• PM's statement on ordinance on convicted netas

  After Rahul Gandhi today called an ordinance on convicted politicians "nonsense", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in Washington, "Rahul Gandhi has written to me on the ordinance beside making a statement...Issues raised by him will be considered by the Cabinet on my return to India."

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  Rahul Gandhi calls ordinance on convicted lawmakers 'nonsense'; huge embarrassment for PM

  Rahul Gandhi's dramatic declaration that an ordinance hurriedly pushed by the government to protect convicted MPs and MLAs is "complete nonsense," has put Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an embarrassing spot while away in the US.

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  Ordinance to protect convicted netas 'complete nonsense', says Rahul Gandhi

  In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi today denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers as "complete nonsense". Making a surprise brief appearance at a meet-the-press programme of his party's general secretary Ajay Maken at the Press Club in New Delhi, he said the ordinance...

• Ordinance to protect tainted netas: 'unsure' President, dissent within stumps government

  President Pranab Mukherjee faces a tough decision on an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification, pushed by the government in questionable haste despite protests not only from the opposition but within the ruling Congress.

• President 'unsure of compelling reasons' for ordinance to protect convicted netas: sources

  President Pranab Mukherjee today asked to be briefed by the government on the urgent need to bring an ordinance that protects convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification.

• BJP asks President not to sign 'unconstitutional' ordinance to shield convicted netas

  An ordinance hurriedly approved by the cabinet on Tuesday, to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification, has sparked off another political confrontation between the government and the opposition.

• Cabinet passes ordinance to undo Supreme Court order on convicted netas

  An Ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqualification was approved today by the Cabinet.