New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is set to meet on Sunday to take a decision on whether to push through Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's pet anti-graft Bills via ordinances. This meet comes even as President Pranab Mukherjee has reportedly expressed reservations over the Bills via ordinance route after a meeting with Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Home Minster Sushil Kumar Shinde where he questioned their urgency.
In the run to the Lok Sabha elections, the Bills assume huge significance in order to change Congress's image and to portray Rahul as an anti-corruption crusader.
The Congress Core Group had met over the issue on Friday but it was said there were different voices on whether the ordinance route should be used to pass the legislations.
Rahul had called for the ordinance route to get these legislations into effect. The UPA had tried hard to pass the Bills on the last day of the extended winter session of Parliament but failed to do so after which the House was adjourned sine die.
Rahul had blamed the Opposition for failing to get the Bills passed. "I have always said that action speaks louder than words but the Opposition does not want to support us in passing the anti-corruption Bills. They have betrayed the people of India. We are considering the ordinance route," he had said.
The Bills include the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, the Whistle Blowers Protection Bill, the Public Procurement Bill and the Time Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Grievance Redressal Bill.
It can be a big blow to the Congress party if the President does not give an approval for the ordinance route.
Meanwhile, questions are also being raised over the hurry and urgency to bring in the ordinance as some parties want amendments in the Bills.
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