New Delhi: Along with the Lokpal Bill, the Pension Bill, may be tabled in Parliament as well. Although it is not listed on the agenda yet, the contentious legislation will be tabled only if the Government can win over Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee.
Sources said that the Government has reached out the TMC chief and promised to accommodate her concerns. Sources also said Mamata Banerjee has opposed 26 per cent FDI in the pension fund sector.
According to the sources, some of her demands could be accepted as the Government is keen to table the Bill in this session itself.
The Government changed its decision of introducing the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011 after the TMC chief wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising certain objections.
The Bill, slated to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, was withheld on Tuesday night.
This was the second time in Parliament's winter session that Mamata had forced the Government to withdraw an important decision.
Earlier, she had forced the Government to suspend the decision to introduce foreign direct investment in retail.
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