alleryStart learning →In 1986 the Indian Post Office amendment bill was never signed and lapsed with a change of government. Which President sat on it?
AGyani Zail Singh
BR. Venkataraman
CK. R. Narayanan
DFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Gyani Zail Singh
1. The bill was criticised for curbing press freedom.
2. President Zail Singh took no decision on it.
3. His successor returned it, and the new government dropped it.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 4, Executive._
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