NEW DELHI (TIP): The NDA government has given its green signal for a controversial anti-terror law passed by Gujarat that was rejected thrice earlier, including once during A B Vajpayee regime, and forwarded it to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent.The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised CrimeBill has been hanging fire since it was first introduced in 2003 by Narendra Modi, when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. The bill was rejected twice during the UPA regime.

“The bill has been sent to the President,” a Home Ministry official said.The controversial law was passed in April this year for the fourth time after making minor changes while retaining controversial provisions like allowing information collected through interception of mobile calls or through confessions made before an investigating officer as evidence.