202 proposes sweeping changes to the ways that those who members have an “affinity” for, are associated with politically, “related” to etc are treated.

Women (many of them) sight not wanting to run for office because they are worried about impact on their families. https://twitter.com/pancholi_rakhi/status/1266198688830910464

By adding these broad and unnecessary additions to the current act, one can only assume, as has been the pattern with your leader and party, that more frivolous and fruitless “investigations” would ensue.

You asserted that, those of us on the committee who are not as smart as you (read: not lawyers) are unable to “comprehend” what’s in front of us and then cast aspersions about the intellect of my colleagues.

Mean Girls was a fictional comedy Rakhi, not an instruction manual.

Just like every other PMB, the recommendations of the committee will go to the Assembly.

If the bill is as good, and necessary, as you think it is the members of the assembly will debate and pass it. Our committee, after all, only makes recommendations.

Worth noting that your colleague was Justice Minister and, when the Act came up for review (2017) as it regularly does, these sweeping changes were not recommended. She had 4 years to do this which only leads me to conclude this is no more than needless political theatre.

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