Mumbai: A delegation of citizen activists, led by former Mumbai Police Commissioner J F Ribeiro, today met Governor K Sankaranarayanan urging him not to give assent to Maharashtra Police (Amendment) Bill 2014, alleging it "was passed in haste without due consideration."

The Bill, passed by both Houses of the state Legislature on June 14 this year, is aimed at giving the citizens of Maharashtra a capable, well managed and accountable police. "The Governor listened to us patiently. He said that due considerations will be given to the discussion we had with him. We have only been trying to press on him to use his powers under Article 200 of the Constitution to withhold his assent to this extremely bad Bill," Maja Daruwala, director of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), told PTI.