Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the discussion on the situation in Ukraine in Lok Sabha, saying the rich level of debate illustrates there is bipartisanship on the matters of foreign policy which augurs well for India at the world stage. The former union home minister claimed that the worst sufferers will be the "oppressed and the poor". "Is there anyone in this House who has not violated a law? I ask the honourable home minister who has had an active political career, have you never violated any law?.even if you are convicted of an offence where the punishment is Rs 100, this law applies," Chidambaram said. The bill was passed by Parliament, with Rajya Sabha clearing it by a voice vote after Home Minister Amit Shah allayed opposition's concerns and assured the House that biometrics of political detainees will not be collected and brain mapping and polygraph tests will be excluded from its ambit.Ĭhidambaram claimed during the debate that the provisions in the bill can be misused as the police can arrest and take fingerprints and DNA samples of even those who are taking part in political rallies. Taking part in the discussion on the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, which was moved in Rajya Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader P Chidambaram and other opposition members favoured sending the bill to a select committee for further deliberations, but the demand was rejected. Several opposition parties on Wednesday slammed as "unconstitutional" and "draconian" the bill that allows legal sanction to the police to take physical and biological samples of convicts as well as those accused of crimes and claimed it could be misused.
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