A bill to regularise e-rickshaws and provide for driving licences for battery-operated vehicles was introduced in Lok Sabha today , paving the way for such vehicles to ply in the national capital and other places. The Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2014, was introduced in the House by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. E-rickshaws or battery-operated vehicles were banned by the Delhi High Court on safety concerns. Gadkari introduced the bill after protest from Opposition members including Congress who objected to introduction of the legislation after mentioning it in the supplementary list of business.They demanded the government should give time to them to study the legislation. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said this was the fourth time during the ongoing Winter Session that government has brought a bill by mentioning it in the supplementary list of business. Gadkari, however, pointed out that this was an important bill concerning livelihood.