Food security bill stalled in Parl, Pawar plays mediator

May 07, 2013 22:09

NDTV reports: As the government tried to push through the food security bill and the Opposition refused to vote on it until the two ministers smeared by scandal -- Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Bansal -- are sacked.

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, chief of key UPA ally -- the Nationalist Congress Party -- has taken up the mantle of mediator. Once opposed to the food bill himself, Pawar has reportedly reached out to the Left and the BJP and is trying to work out a compromise and get the bill through.

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