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The
Lok
Sabha
gave
its
unanimous
approval
to
the
Constitution
(Forty-
fifth
Amendment)
Bill
amidst
thunderous
applause
from
all
sides.
The
historic
measure
seeks
to
remove
the
obnoxious
provisions
inducted
into
the
Constitution
during
the
Emergency.
The
bill
was
passed
with
the
massive
support
of
355
members
and
none
opposing
it.
In
the
words
of
a
smiling
law
minister,
Shanti
Bhushan,
who
piloted
the
bill,
the
measure
would
re-frame
the
Constitution
in
such
a
manner
as
it
would
the
people
to
safeguard
their
rights
and
pave
the
way
for
a
more
glorious
future
for
them.
Indira
Gandhi
was
released
on
bail
by
the
Additional
Sessions
Judge
J
D
Jain
after
she
had
furnished
a
personal
bond
of
Rs
15,000
and
a
surety
for
a
like
amount.
She
has
been
prohibited
from
leaving
the
country
without
permission.
Gandhi's
appearance
in
court
was
in
connection
with
the
jeep
case,
in
which
she
has
been
accused
by
the
CBI
of
criminal
conspiracy
and
abuse
of
power
in
obtaining
jeeps,
without
paying
hire
or
cost
charges,
for
use
in
electioneering
in
the
1977
Lok
Sabha
elections.
Prime
Minister
Morarji
Desai
assured
the
Lok
Sabha
that
the
government
would
make
arrangements
to
prevent
atrocities
on
Harijans
and
tribals.
Responding
to
a
call-attention
notice
on
the
reported
throwing
of
some
tribals,
including
women
and
children,
into
the
Subaranarekha
river
by
of
a
contractor
at
Jamshedpur
on
August
16
Desai
said
the
Bihar
Government
had
taken
prompt
action.
A
24-member
Central
Cabinet,
headed
by
the
Pakistan
Chief
Martial
Law
Administrator,
Zia-ul-Haq,
was
sworn
in
in
Rawalpindi.
Twenty-one
of
them
are
cabinet
ministers
and
the
rest
ministers
of
state.
the
development
paradigm
pursued
since
Independence
has
aggravated
the
prevailing
discontent
among
marginalised
sections
of
society>
because
benefits
of
this
paradigm
have
been
disproportionately
cornered
by
the
dominant
section
at
the
expense
of
the
poor,
who
have
borne
most
of
the
costs>
The
Lok
Sabha
gave
its
unanimous
approval
to
the
Constitution
(Forty-
fifth
Amendment)
Bill
amidst
thunderous
applause
from
all
sides.
The
historic
measure
seeks
to
remove
the
obnoxious
provisions
inducted
into
the
Constitution
during
the
Emergency.
The
bill
was
passed
with
the
massive
support
of
355
members
and
none
opposing
it.
In
the
words
of
a
smiling
law
minister,
Shanti
Bhushan,
who
piloted
the
bill,
the
measure
would
re-frame
the
Constitution
in
such
a
manner
as
it
would
the
people
to
safeguard
their
rights
and
pave
the
way
for
a
more
glorious
future
for
them.
Indira
Gandhi
was
released
on
bail
by
the
Additional
Sessions
Judge
J
D
Jain
after
she
had
furnished
a
personal
bond
of
Rs
15,000
and
a
surety
for
a
like
amount.
She
has
been
prohibited
from
leaving
the
country
without