Congress Core group meet on Food Bill begins

June 19, 2013 10:48

The Congress Core group meeting on Food Security Bill has begun in New Delhi.

Food Minister K V Thomas, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde are attending the meeting, which will decide whether the government should go for an Ordinance or for a special session of Parliament for passage of the Bill, which is seen as a game-changer by Congress for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Talk in the Congress circles is that Gandhi, as also party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, is in favour of having discussions in Parliament on the Bill that seeks to give legal rights over subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of country's population.

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