New Delhi: The first day of Parliament’s Winter Session, which began on Thursday, December 5 no reliefs could be initiated as the opposition parties strongly opposed the Centre’s move to bring the Anti-Communal Violence Bill among other important legislations.

According to the sources the debate over the Anti-Communal Violence Bill went to an extent that both the houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day.

As the winter session had just commenced, PM Dr Manmohan Singh made an appeal to all political parties to ensure the smooth functioning of Parliament and sought to evolve a broad agreement on all important matters, to which Narendra Modi along with other chief ministers raised the issue of the proposed Anti-Communal Violence Bill.

In reply, Dr Singh said, “It will be our effort to evolve a broad based consensus on Anti-Communal Violence, Women’s Reservation and other important Bills. This session of Parliament is of short duration hence it is obligatory on all parties to get essential business transacted as speedily and smoothly as possible.” and he subsided the matter.

While BSP chief Mayawati opposed the high amount of control the Communal Violence Bill gives to the Centre she said that first a consensus on Communal Violence Bill must be made and then it should be brought in Parliament. However, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that the Communal Violence Bill will definitely be passed in this session. 

Substandard with the assurance, BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi wrote a letter to the Prime Minister and raised objections to the contentious bill.

The Centre has already planned to push several controversial bills whereas the opposition is all set to attack it on a number of issues, thus making the Winter Session of Parliament a stormy affair. The Centre is expected to face Opposition heat over bills like the Lokpal Bill and Women’s Reservation Bill which have been passed by one House and now await the other House’s nod.

Although the transgression of the ruling party was visible in the Winter Session after the exit poll presumed BJP’s victory. While the UPA government has listed a number of important bills, including Anti-Communal Violence Bill and Women’s Reservation Bill etc, while the Opposition, which is demanding extension of the 12-day sitting, is likely to press for introducing the Telangana Bill.