Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday said the Union Cabinet will discuss on Thursday amendments to the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance.
Replying to questions in this regard at an Iftar hosted by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, he said "the Cabinet will discuss amendments to POTO tomorrow."
However, he did not elaborate on the amendment.
Vajpayee declined to comment when asked whether the Government was considering convening of a joint session of Parliament to adopt the bill if it failed in the Rajya Sabha.
As reporters shot more questions, Abdullah deftly took the Prime Minister away.
Among other dignatories present at the party were Vice President Krishan Kant, former Prime Ministers I K Gujaral, P V Narsimha Rao, Congress President and Leader of Opposition Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker G M C Balayogi, Centre`s interlocutor on Kashmir K C Pant, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar besides several other union ministers and senior bureaucrats from the state and the Central government.
Bureau Report