Mohammed Salim (CPM) said the provision in the bill

whereby people cannot go to lower courts would impact the poor as going to High Court would be expensive.

With these kinds of properties, there would have been corruption and loot. The government should look into it, he added.

Shiv Sena member Arvind Sawant the bill would help plug the legal loopholes.

However, Sawant, whose party is an ally of the ruling BJP, sounded sceptical about the government issuing ordinances on the matter, saying that even the President of India had expressed reservations on ordinances.

Welcoming the bill, Rajmohan Reddy (YSR Congress) said the proceeds from enemy property, estimated to be worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, should be used for welfare activities.

Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav (RJD) said more discussions were needed on certain provisions of the bill and added that people should get natural justice.

Thota Narasimham (TDP), Konda Vishweshwar Reddy and Kaushalendra Kumar (JD-U) also spoke.

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