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New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) Over 66 private member bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday, including some seeking to empower beggars, preserve secularism, control population and provide for a compulsory donation of surplus food packets by supermarkets.<\/p>\n
BJP MP Kirit Solanki introduced a bill to provide rights, welfare and social security to the online platform delivery personnel, while his party colleague Varun Gandhi introduced another bill to provide for a compulsory donation of surplus food packets by supermarkets and the creation of an institutional mechanism for monitoring and implementing the process.<\/p>\n
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sougata Roy moved a private member bill to ensure preservation of secularism and communal harmony in the country for a peaceful life for all communities irrespective of caste, religion or region, while Congress MP Shashi Tharoor moved a bill to provide for the establishment of an effective system to protect refugees and asylum-seekers by means of an appropriate legal framework to determine claims for asylum.<\/p>\n
BJP’s Nishikant Dubey introduced a bill to provide for measures to control the country’s population. JD(U) MP Alok Kumar Suman moved a bill to empower beggars to lead a life of dignity through skill development by imparting them compulsory vocational training and launching programmes for their rehabilitation and to enable them towards self-sustainable livelihood.<\/p>\n
A total of 70 private member bills were introduced for consideration in the Lok Sabha.<\/p>\n
Usually, on Fridays, members from various political parties are given an opportunity to introduce bills on subjects on which they think there should be a law. These bills are debated and later withdrawn by the members. However, there have been rare occasions when a private member bill has been passed by the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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