Government to consult all parties on real estate bill

The government on Tuesday said it is consulting all parties on the real estate bill, and would consider a demand by some Rajya Sabha members to send it to a select committee.

This came as Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal questioned why the bill was listed on Tuesday even as it was deferred last week. "Why is the bill in the list of business, what is government's thought," Agarwal asked.

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress) then said he and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav have given a notice for constituting a select committee on the bill.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, clarifying the issue, said the bill was listed as it was pending from the previous day's business. "I could not complete the consultation process as there was four-day holiday. I called some people and they said why don't we sit and discuss this. I talked to some people today," Naidu said in Rajya Sabha.

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