Communal violence bill: Jaitley accuses centre of polarizing voters on communal lines

"This draft bill was put on the net for consultation. I had written a strong critique of this bill, amongst others, on the ground that law and order and public order are state subjects and that the parliament by enacting such a law would be encroaching on the domain of the states," he said.

He said the earlier bill was highly discriminatory and gave unguided power to authorities proposed to be created and loaded the redressal and accountability mechanism in favour of one community against the other on the basis of religion.

(With IANS inputs)