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Office of profit: take back decision, says Fernandes

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NEW DELHI: Janata Dal (United) leader George Fernandes on Sunday sought Congress president Sonia Gandhi's intervention in asking the Union Cabinet to take back its decision to return the office of profit Bill in the present form to the President.

"The Cabinet's decision to return the reference made by the President and return the Bill in the present form is rooted in the greed and self-aggrandisement of those who support it," Mr. Fernandes said.

"When the President returned the Bill [which is] calculated to defeat the sacrosanct intention of the framers of the Constitution and violate its basic structure, he was fulfilling his paramount duty towards the country and acting as per the oath of his office," Mr. Fernandes said.

The decision "not only blatantly insults our patriotic President" but also sets a dangerous precedent for lawmakers that "the Constitution could be sullied as per their whims and pleasure," he said.

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