Pension Bill deferred again, after Mamata's party puts its foot down

The Pensions Bill has been deferred. Once again. Why is not a mystery. Mamata Banerjee's party, which is a hefty member of the ruling coalition, says it remains opposed to the Bill. Railways Minister Mukul Roy, who belongs to Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, attended the cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning. But he said his stand had been expressed in advance via a letter sent to the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Mr Roy says he had made it clear that the Trinamool wants more political consultations on the proposed legislation. He also objected to the fact that his party was not represented on the parliamentary committee that prepped the Bill for review by the cabinet.