New Delhi, April 2 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore questioned the timing of the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill in the Lok Sabha, as Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to move the Bill on Thursday after it was passed in the Upper House.

In an X post, Manickam Tagore alleged that the Centre has planned to introduce the CAPF Bill, 2026, on the day when Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Assam for his pre-planned election rally.

He accused the government of rushing with the Bill to avoid a parliamentary debate.

He wrote, "The government's desperation is now out in the open. A crucial Bill affecting the rights and dignity of our CAPF personnel is being hurried into the Lok Sabha--timed ...