He said available documents in the public domain raised serious suspicious circumstances of the intention of Rahul Gandhi and Congress.
Delivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University here, the minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, "We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence."
The government is working with the Reserve Bank (RBI) to look into cases of financial frauds involving amounts which are below Rs. 1 lakh, IT (information technology) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
The Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on December 28 is most likely to face resistance in the Rajya Sabha where the ruling dispensation does not enjoy a majority and with AIADMK MPs also signalling their opposition.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 has been listed as the number one item under the head legislative business in the Upper House where the opposition has greater numbers, given the fact that BJP's friendly party, AIADMK, has also opposed the legislation.
Briefing media persons after the Cabinet meeting, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government has approved the death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under the POCSO Act.
Amid a demand by opposition parties, including the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, that the bill be sent to a select committee for study, Prasad said the government has already taken note of concerns expressed by members earlier and amended the bill accordingly.
Terming it as “new low in country’s public discourse”, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that nothing better can be expected from the Congress president.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
“We have two paths left. One, taking the Constitutional path to build the temple, and two, expect the Supreme Court to take up early hearing in this case,” Prasad said.
"Its wisdom continues to guide us in moments of crisis. It's in our best interest to heed advice under the constitution. If we don't, our hubris will result in sharp descent into chaos,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying during an event on Constitution Day.
Prasad further refuted Congress president Rahul Gandhi's allegations of corruption in Rafale deal.
The Union minister further said 2.24 lakh fake companies were caught after demonetisation was announced.
The notice says, "On October 28, 2018 at around 5.38 am you had posted a 2 minutes 16 seconds video clip of your press conference along with certain false untrue malicious and highly defamatory statements in Twitter."
Prasad also highlighted the exponential growth in mobile manufacturing in the country, backed by the rising base of smartphone users and internet penetration.
The IT ministry feels that technical solutions can be found to trace the originator of a message, without actually compromising end-to-end encryption, said a government official, who did not wish to be named.
"Google during the US visit of Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad conveyed to him that they are ready to comply with RBI rules but want two months more to comply with data storage rule," the source told media.
Prasad was also shown demonstration of cutting-edge innovations on the Google Campus, along with a glimpse into upcoming features in popular Google products.
The issue of abuse of social media platforms has been under scanner in India over the last few months and the government has resolved to take tough action to prevent any platform misuse.
Daniels' meeting with the IT Minister came against the backdrop of several incidents of mob lynching being linked to the circulation of fake messages and misinformation on the instant messaging platform.
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