7 months ago

Bill introduced to stop pension of MLAs disqualified for defection

A bill was introduced in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday proposing to stop the pensions of members disqualified under the anti-defection law. Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Six Congress MLAs -- Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma and Devinder Kumar -- were disqualified in February this year under the anti-defection law for defying a party whip by abstaining from the house during the passing of the budget for 2024-25 and discussions on a cut motion. Sudhir Sharma and Inder Dutt Lakhanpal later returned to the house after winning bypolls, but the four others lost their reelection bid.

Hindustan Times

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