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INLD wants Independent MLAs disqualified

 

The Hindu

CHANDIGARH: Indian National Lok Dal MLA Sher Singh Barshami on Tuesday filed a petition before the Acting Speaker of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha seeking disqualification of seven Independent MLAs who are now Ministers in the Congress Government.

Mr. Barshami, who is also Deputy Leader of the INLD Legislative Party in the Vidhan Sabha, has sought disqualification of Om Parkash Jain, Sukhbir Kataria, Gopal Kanda, Sultan Singh, Zaleb Khan, Prahlad Singh Gilakhera and Shiv Charan Sharma under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India.

Accompanied by his lawyers Satya Pal Jain, Senior Advocate, Dheeraj Jain and others, Mr. Barshami reached the office of Acting Speaker Akram Khan in the Vidhan Sabha premises at 1 p.m. to submit the disqualification petition.

Addressing the media after filing the petition, Mr. Satya Pal Jain said that all these seven MLAs had been elected to the Vidhan Sabha as independent MLAs in the last Assembly elections held in September/October 2009. Immediately thereafter these MLAs had extended their support to the Congress to form the new government because the party had got only 40 out of 90 seats.

He further said that all of them were given ministerial berths by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. While Om Parkash Jain, Sukhbir Kataria and Gopal Kanda were inducted as Ministers, the other four were appointed Chief Parliamentary Secretaries.

Mr. Jain further contended that they “have been participating in the meetings and rallies organised by the Congress in Haryana”.

Under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India, an independent MLA has to remain an independent throughout the term of the Vidhan Sabha and in case he joins any political party, he is liable to be disqualified from the membership of the House.

Mr. Jain asserted that since all these MLAs joined the Haryana Government, which is of the Congress Party, and later participated in meetings and rallies of the Congress, they had “given up their independent character”.

He said the Supreme Court in Jagjit Singh's case had already held that even if an independent MLA does not formally join any political party but by his conduct loses his independent character, he is liable to be disqualified from the membership of the House.

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चंडीगढ़, जागरण संवाददाता : भाजपा अध्यक्ष नितिन गड़करी ने चंडीगढ़ के पूर्व सांसद सत्यपाल जैन को पार्टी द्वारा गठित चुनाव सुधार समिति का सदस्य मनोनीत किया है।

भाजपा प्रवक्ता बाल कृष्ण कपूर के अनुसार पार्टी द्वारा गठित उच्च अधिकार वाली 8 सदस्यीय चुनाव सुधार समिति का सत्यपाल जैन को सदस्य मनोनीत करना चंडीगढ़ के कार्यकर्ताओं के लिए गौरव एवं सम्मान की बात है। यह समिति चुनाव सुधारों के संबंध में विस्तार से चर्चा करके उन पर पार्टी के रुख का निर्धारण करेगी। समिति पूर्व उप प्रधानमंत्री लाल कृष्ण आडवाणी के मार्ग दर्शन में काम करेगी था पार्टी के उपाध्यक्ष मुख्तार अब्बास नकवी इसके संयोजक होंगे।

यह समिति चुनावों में काले धन का दुरुपयोग, राजनीति का अपराधीकरण, इलेक्ट्रानिक वोटिंग मशीनों की विश्वसनीयता, महिलाओं के लिए आरक्षण तथा संसद व विधानसभाओं की सीटों का पुर्नसीमाकरण, चुनाव में सरकार द्वारा चुनाव खर्च को सहन करना आदि विषयों पर गहन चिंतन करके पार्टी को अपनी रिपोर्ट देगी। यह कमेटी भारत सरकार के विभिन्न मंत्रालयों, राज्य सरकारों, चुनाव आयोग आदि से भी विचार-विमर्श करेगी।

कमेटी देश के विभिन्न राज्यों का भी दौरा करेगी ताकि पार्टी स्तर पर कार्यकर्ताओं का मत जान सके। जैन के अलावा समिति में पार्टी महासचिव थावर चंद गहलोत, सचिव किरीट सोमैय्या, उत्तर प्रदेश के पूर्व अध्यक्ष रमापति राम त्रिपाठी, पूर्व सासद बनवारी लाल पुरोहित, नरसिम्हा राव एवं पूर्व आईएएस अधिकारी राम कृष्ण के नाम शामिल हैं।

Jain on BJP poll reforms panel

Chandigarh Newsline

Thu Feb 17 2011, Chandigarh: Senior BJP leader Satya Pal Jain has been nominated as a member of the eight member high-powered BJP Election Reforms Committee formed for a comprehensive study of election-related issues and to help the party effectively formulate its stand on all subjects. This would include studying the effects of black money in elections, criminalisation of politics, efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and reservation for women in Parliament and State legislatures.

The Committee, constituted by BJP national President Nitin Gadkari, will work under the guidance of party Parliamentary Party Chairman L K Advani. ...

Satya Pal Jain on BJP's election reforms committee

HT Live Chandigarh

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