A file picture of the Karnataka Assembly, in Bengaluru.
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Amidst pandemonium on February 23, the Assembly handed the the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Bill, 2024, for exempting the advisers to the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister from disqualification for being a member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislative Council on such appointments.
The Bill was necessitated as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had appointed MLAs as his political and financial advisers.
The Bill additionally exempted the Chairman or the Member to any Commission and the Vice-Chairman of the State Institute for Transformation of Karnataka from disqualification for being a member of the Assembly or of the Council.
The Bill amended the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1956, in accordance to Law and Parliamentary Affairs H.Ok. Patil.
Bagair hukum
The Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was additionally handed within the Assembly. According to the Bill, if an MLA shouldn’t be involved in being a member of the Bagair Hukum Committee, the State Government is empowered to nominate any resident of the constituency as a member of the committee.
Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda mentioned that if an MLA has no real interest in turning into a member of the committee owing to a busy schedule, then constituting the committee could be delayed. The High Court has taken critical word to take away encroachment of presidency land and directed formation of the committee, in accordance to the Bill.
Generally, MLAs are appointed as members of the committee fashioned to regularise unauthorised cultivation of agriculture land within the respective Assembly constituency.
If the MLA or the chief of the opposition or the Minister felt that she or he can not turn out to be a member of the committee owing to time constraints, the member involved can provide in writing to the federal government to appoint any resident of the constituency to the committee, Mr Gowda mentioned.
The opposition BJP and JD (S) members continued their dharna within the effectively of the House looking for withdrawal of the decision, which was handed on February 22, condemning the ‘step-motherly attitude of the Centre which is destroying the State’s financial system by inflicting big monetary losses by denying it the rightful share of taxes, Central funds, and drought in addition to flood reduction’.Â
Following the continued dharna by the opposition, the House was adjourned for the day, to meet on February 26.