NEW DELHI: Congress chief P Chidambaram on Friday mentioned he was once a liberal and did not trust the anti-sacrilege bills not too long ago handed via the Punjab Assembly.
The former home minister, however, added that his perspectives had been "irrelevant" as he was once now not Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh's "boss".
He mentioned it was once now not Singh by myself, however a lot of legislators from almost all the parties in the state, who handed the bills, and therefore, the query will have to be posed to them.
Chidamabaram was once requested about the bills at a panel dialogue here, after the release of his colleague Kapil Sibal's ebook, "Shades of Truth".
"I'm really not in settlement with the anti-sacrilege legislation however this is irrelevant. I'm really not the boss of the Punjab chief minister. The complete legislature of Punjab turns out to have handed the bills unanimously and was once of the view that there will have to be existence imprisonment for desecration of 4 non secular books -- the Gita, the Quran, the Granth Sahib and the Bible.
"Personally, as a liberal and as a practising lawyer, I don't trust that view, however then, 117 lawmakers in the Assembly do trust it," the Congress chief mentioned.
He, however, stated that his party had now not taken a stance on the bills.
"I don't think the party has formulated an opinion on this matter," Chidambaram mentioned, adding that he had voiced his personal opinion.
Sibal's ebook was once launched via former vice-president Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The former home minister, however, added that his perspectives had been "irrelevant" as he was once now not Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh's "boss".
He mentioned it was once now not Singh by myself, however a lot of legislators from almost all the parties in the state, who handed the bills, and therefore, the query will have to be posed to them.
Chidamabaram was once requested about the bills at a panel dialogue here, after the release of his colleague Kapil Sibal's ebook, "Shades of Truth".
"I'm really not in settlement with the anti-sacrilege legislation however this is irrelevant. I'm really not the boss of the Punjab chief minister. The complete legislature of Punjab turns out to have handed the bills unanimously and was once of the view that there will have to be existence imprisonment for desecration of 4 non secular books -- the Gita, the Quran, the Granth Sahib and the Bible.
"Personally, as a liberal and as a practising lawyer, I don't trust that view, however then, 117 lawmakers in the Assembly do trust it," the Congress chief mentioned.
He, however, stated that his party had now not taken a stance on the bills.
"I don't think the party has formulated an opinion on this matter," Chidambaram mentioned, adding that he had voiced his personal opinion.
Sibal's ebook was once launched via former vice-president Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Do not agree with anti-sacrilege bills passed by Punjab: P Chidambaram
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