Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu in the Assembly
Now it will not be easy for MLAs in Himachal Pradesh to decide to change their party. The state government has passed a bill which will create problems for MLAs who change their party. This bill states that the pension of members disqualified under the anti-defection law will be stopped. This bill will also cover 6 MLAs who rebelled against the Congress this year and who had opened a front against the Sukhu government and left the party and joined the BJP.
What is the reason behind stopping the pension?
In fact, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday introduced the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Members’ Allowances and Pension) Amendment Bill, 2024, which was passed by voice vote after discussion. The purpose of this bill is to stop the pension of MLAs and prevent them from changing parties. According to this bill, if a person has been disqualified at any time under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution (Anti-Defection Law), he will not be entitled to get pension under the Act. Till now, under Section 6B of the Act, every MLA serving for a period of up to five years is entitled to a pension of Rs 36,000 per month.
6 Congress MLAs disqualified
The reason behind the bill passed in Himachal Pradesh is being seen as the defection of Congress MLAs in the recent past. Six Congress MLAs Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Indra Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetan Sharma and Devinder Kumar were disqualified under the anti-defection law in February this year as they violated the party whip by not being present in the House during the passage of the budget for 2024-25 and discussion on the cut motion.
Dispute over employee salary issue
At the same time, there was a controversy on the issue of salary of government employees in Himachal Pradesh. On this, CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said in the assembly that employees will be given salary on September 5 and pensioners will be given pension on September 10. Until the financial condition of the state improves, employees and pensioners will be given salary and pension on this date. The Chief Minister said that this decision has been taken to avoid interest spent on loans. This will save Rs 36 crore annually.
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