The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, seeks to overhaul the framework governing foreign contributions and assets created from such funds. However, the Minister said the government was prepared to send the Bill to a JPC for further deliberation. The Opposition, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Left parties and DMK, has been demanding that the Bill be withdrawn. Another contentious provision concerns assets created partly through foreign contribution and partly through domestic funds. Critics have argued that this could have implications for organisations whose FCRA registrations had lapsed in the past.