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Akash Sama­roo

The Gov­ern­ment’s out­right re­fusal to con­sid­er amend­ments to the Zone of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) Bill has been cit­ed by in­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors as the key fac­tor be­hind their de­ci­sion not to sup­port the leg­is­la­tion in the Up­per House on Tues­day.

The Gov­ern­ment, which need­ed sup­port from at least four in­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors, did not re­ceive a sin­gle vote in their favour on the con­tentious Law Re­form (Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions) (Spe­cial Se­cu­ri­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Mea­sures) Bill, 2026.