Ordinance To Protect Mps

• Ordinance on convicted MPs: govt spreading misinformation, says Arun Jaitley

  Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has slammed allegations that he had supported a controversial move to override a Supreme Court order to protect convicted parliamentarians, a day after the government revealed written details of two all-party meetings to expose what they call the BJP's 'double-speak'.

• Protecting convicted MPs: BJP wanted it, alleges government

  A controversial move to protect convicted lawmakers from disqualification - scrapped by the government yesterday - had the backing of both the BJP and the Left less than two months ago, documents have revealed.

• Govt decisions on ordinance for convicted MPs with eye on elections: Akhilesh Yadav

  As the ruling Congress backtracked on a controversial ordinance to protected convicted lawmakers, a leader of its ally Samajwadi Party said withdrawing the ordinance would be 'dangerous for democracy."

• Rahul Gandhi's veto stalls ordinance on convicted MPs, what next for Lalu Yadav?

  Rahul Gandhi's condemnation of an ordinance hurriedly pushed by the government to protect convicted MPs and MLAs as "complete nonsense," seems to have stalled a move that could have helped Lalu Yadav, a loyal ally of the Manmohan Singh government.

• Ordinance that Rahul Gandhi trashed was cleared by PM, Sonia Gandhi six days ago

  By publicly denouncing an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs as "complete nonsense," Rahul Gandhi today vetoed a decision that had been cleared by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

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  Rahul Gandhi calls ordinance on convicted lawmakers 'nonsense', PM speaks to Sonia Gandhi

  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.

• Nitish Kumar endorses Rahul Gandhi's statement on ordinance

  As Rahul Gandhi kicked up a political storm today by calling an ordinance by the government to protect convicted MPs and MLAs "complete nonsense", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar endorsed the Congress vice president's statement.

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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 lawmakers: sources

  President Pranab Mukherjee was on Thursday briefed by the government's top troubleshooters - Law Minister Kapil Sibal, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath - on the urgent need to bring an ordinance that protects convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification.

• 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 leaders to meet President on Ordinance to protect convicted MPs

  A delegation of BJP leaders will meet President Pranab Mukherjee today to voice its opposition to the Ordinance providing protection to convicted MPs and urge him not to give assent to the "unconstitutional" measure.

• 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 clears ordinance to shield convicted netas, negates top court order

  The Union Cabinet has hurriedly approved an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from immediate disqualification if they appeal in a higher court against the verdict. It overturns a July order of the Supreme Court that elected members would be disqualified immediately if convicted by a court and sentenced to two years of imprisonment or more...