New Law For Communal Violence Soon

In the wake of riots that are taking place in Hyderabad as well as those that took place in Bareilly earlier this month, the Centre on Wednesday, assured the minorities that it was committed to protecting their interests. Apparently, a new law to deal with communal violence will be put in place by the end of this year.

Home Minister P Chidambaram, while addressing a conference of the State Minorities Commissions in New Delhi on Wednesday, said that there is an urgent need to dispel any misgiving on the part of the minority community and to assure the community that the government of India is committed to preserve, protect and promote secular values and provide equality of opportunity to all religious minorities. He hoped that by the end of the year, there will be a law for the prevention and control of communal violence and rehabilitation of the victims in the country.

In other news, AP's Chief Minister K Rosaiah, who was scheduled to visit Delhi in the first week of April to seek an approval for his proposal for the Cabinet reshuffle, has put off his tour at the moment, thanks to the distress the AP capital is in. The CM, mostly preoccupied with reports from the Commissioner the entire day, has said that he would consider touring Delhi only after normalcy is restored in Hyderabad.