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LC's Ethics Committee recommends action:
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: In what can give J&K the status of first state to adopt and implement a tough rule for the legislators, a committee of members of the Upper House in its recent meeting came up with a recommendation to 'punish' the legislators who disrupt the proceedings of legislature by denying them the salary and incentives for the number of days they create pandemonium in the House.
Ahead of commencement of the Budget session from January 2, Committee on Ethics under the chairmanship of PDP legislator Firdous Ahmad Tak in its meeting held last week came up with a commendable recommendation that if the legislators of J&K Legislative Council create unmanageable and uncontrollable situation of uproarious scenes and do not allow the proceedings to be run smoothly, they would not be given sitting allowance and other incentives for the day, sources said.
Sources said this decision which was unanimously approved by all other members of the Ethics committee was later adopted as a recommendation which would be given to the Business Advisory Committee so that it takes a serious view of it and enables this to become a norm to be implemented in the forthcoming Budget session. Ethics Committee discussed this matter in the backdrop of the brazen fact that during winter session of Parliament the opposition MPs did not allow the proceedings of both the Houses nor was the Union government able to conduct any normal business scheduled for the session. Since this has come under severe criticism from all quarters across the nation, the decision taken by the Ethics Committee in J&K assumes significance, no matter as an initial step, the 'punishment' is just denying the legislators their sitting allowance.
Since wastage of the days and disallowing of normal business directly affects common masses both in terms of the House not being able to take up the issues related to them as also the money of tax payers going down the drain, this recommendation by the Legislative Council members in Ethics committee assumes significance. While this would be submitted first to Business Committee, it all depends how the latter would present and produce it in the meeting ahead of session, sources said adding that even at this stage it has been hailed as a very good move which would provide deterrence to the legislators not to indulge in unnecessary clamour that disrupts the proceedings including the crucial question hour at times.
Sources said as the opposition parties have started throwing tantrums through newspapers and tv channels as to how they would corner the government on a number of issues they have enlisted, this recommendation, if allowed to be implemented in letter and spirit may see legislators in the opposition benches or sometimes in the treasury benches desisting from creating unwarranted din and clamour in the House. |
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