New Delhi:
MLAs in Himachal Pradesh who defect to different events will get no pension, based on a brand new invoice handed by the Congress authorities within the hill state.
To this finish, the Himachal Pradesh authorities in an unprecedented transfer handed a brand new invoice within the meeting right this moment to cease pension to defectors.
The invoice looking for to cease pension for MLAs who defect was raised within the meeting yesterday. That is relevant for MLAs who’ve been disqualified beneath the anti-defection legislation.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the invoice, titled the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Meeting (Allowances and Pension of Members) Modification Invoice 2024.
“An individual shall not be entitled to a pension beneath the Act if they’ve been disqualified at any level beneath the tenth Schedule of the Structure,” the invoice states, referring to the anti-defection legislation.