Republic and opposition MLAs present in Himachal Legislative Assembly.
The Municipal Council and Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill passed in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Friday. After this, the state government will be able to postpon the elections of newly formed municipalities and corporations for 2 years.
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In the absence of Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh, Rural Development Minister Anirudh Singh introduced the Amendment Bill in the House today (Friday). The bill was then discussed. After discussion it was passed by soundly.
The state government has created new corporations (Hamirpur, Una and Baddi) and 3 city councils this year. In such a situation, after the passage of the Amendment Bill in the Legislative Assembly, elections will be postponed in December this year.
At the same time, the State Election Commission had also prepared to hold elections in the new municipal body. For this, instructions were given to install reservation roster and maping of voters. But now elections will be held two years after the formation of the newly formed body.
BJP MLAs including Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, BJP MLAs Rakesh Jamwal and Satpal Singh Sati criticized the move in the House. He described it as illegal and expressed the possibility of challenging in court.
Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri going to the House before the assembly proceedings start
Uproar over the extension of officers
In the monsoon session of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly today (Friday), the matter of giving extensions and re-employees to officers and employees echoed. During the Question Hour, four BJP MLAs asked a question related to this. Satpal Singh Satti and Vikram Thakur accused the government of hiding information related to extensions and re-employees.
Satti said, why the state government is giving re-application to so many officers, while HRTC employees and pensioners are not being given timely salary-pension. He said that pensioners have to wait restlessly to pay their dues every month. He said, the government’s priorities are wrong as it is unable to pay regular arrears.
Students of various school colleges arrived to see the proceedings of Himachal Assembly.
Deputy CM said- information will take time, so it will take time
In response, Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri said, this information is very high and it will take time to collect it. He assured the House that the information will be provided as soon as the information is collected. On the issue of salary and pension of HRTC, Agnihotri admitted that there was some delay, but insisted that the Congress government is committed to ensure regular payment.
HRTC pension case is being raised from Finance Department
Mukesh said, the matter of delay in pension is being raised before the Finance Department and efforts are being made to resolve it soon. I want to inform the House that the pension of all HRTC employees has been released on 29 August today.
Agnihotri clarified that although both issues are serious, they should not be connected to each other. He assured the opposition that the government is constantly working with the Finance Department to improve the payment system and improve its track record of timely payment.
Discussion about closing institute
In the House today, Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur and Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri also got angry about closing the institute. The BJP alleged that in three years the government has only worked to close the institutions opened by the former government.
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi and PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh are not present in the House today. At the same time, the speaker also had a program to go to Chamba-Bhramaur today. But he did not go.
