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Disqualified MLAs not eligible for pension, HP Assembly passes bill
Babushahi Bureau
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), September 4, 2023: The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to revoke the pensions of MLAs disqualified under the anti-defection law.
Tightening the noose on defectors, CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu introduced the bill to revoke the pensions of disqualified MLAs.
According to the bill, “A person shall not be entitled to a pension under the Act if he has been disqualified at any point of time under the tenth schedule of the Constitution (anti-defection law).”
Notably, in February this year, six Congress MLAs — Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma, and Devinder Kumar — were disqualified 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.
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