In a heated debate, the Himachal Pradesh Meeting handed the Himachal Pradesh Legislative (Allowances and Pension) Modification Invoice, 2024, on Wednesday. The invoice goals to disclaim pension advantages to MLAs disqualified beneath the anti-defection legislation, to discourage political turncoats.
In response to the assertion, “An individual shall not be entitled to a pension beneath the Act if they’ve been disqualified at any level beneath the 10th Schedule of the Structure,”
Whereas addressing the Meeting, Chief Minister Sukhu praised Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania for decisive motion towards the defectors.
“This invoice upholds the excessive traditions of democracy and seeks to stop corrupt practices inside our system,” he mentioned.
“The actions on six members, who betrayed their occasion, are a transparent case of backstabbing, not solely towards their very own occasion however towards the rules of democracy itself,” the Chief Minister added, INAS reported.
As per the assertion of the Invoice, which was tabled within the Home by the Chief Minister, there is no such thing as a provision within the Himachal Pradesh Legislative (Allowances and Pension) Act, 1971, to discourage defection by legislators beneath the Tenth Schedule of the Structure of India.
“It’s to guard the mandate given by the individuals of the state, to protect the democratic values and to have deterrence to this constitutional sin that it’s essential to result in this modification within the Himachal Pradesh Legislative (Allowances and Pension) Act, 1971,” the invoice mentioned.
