Editing President of India (section)

=== Return of a Bill ===
{{See also|Office of profit}}

The constitution gives the president the power to return a bill unsigned but it circumscribes the power to send it back only once for reconsideration. If the parliament sends back the bill with or without changes, the president is obliged to sign it. In mid-2006, President [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] sent back a controversial bill regarding the exclusion of certain offices from the scope of 'offices of profit', the holding of which would disqualify a person from being a member of parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kalam-returns-office-of-profit-bill/11851-4.html|title=Kalam returns Office of Profit Bill|date=31 May 2006|publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620221052/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kalam-returns-office-of-profit-bill/11851-4.html|archive-date=20 June 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> The combined opposition, the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]], hailed the move. The UPA chose to send the bill back to the president without any changes and, after 17 days, Kalam gave his assent on 18 August 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/dateline-india/signing-office-of-profit-bill-was-toughest-decision-a-p-j-kalam/articleshow/6182455.cms|title=Signing office of profit bill was toughest decision:A P J Kalam|date=18 July 2010|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511055231/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/dateline-india/signing-office-of-profit-bill-was-toughest-decision-a-p-j-kalam/articleshow/6182455.cms|archive-date=11 May 2013|url-status=live|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kalam-erred-on-Office-of-Profit-bill/articleshow/2970756.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511070652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-22/india/27743198_1_assent-comprehensive-criteria-office-of-profit-bill|url-status=live|archive-date=11 May 2013|title=Kalam erred on Office of Profit bill|date=22 April 2008|access-date=2 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>