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The crisis of 1975 is still a point of contention between Congress and BJP. There have been many heated debates on the issue of emergency in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. The then Jairam government had started the Loktantra Pahari Samman Rashi Yojana for the leaders who were jailed during the Emergency.
Democracy Pahari Samman Rashi Scheme discontinued in 2023
An Act was made by bringing a bill in the Assembly. After the change of power in the year 2022, the government led by Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has taken a big decision. Loktantra Pahadi Samman Rashi Yojana was discontinued in February 2023. Now Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the government to release the Democracy Rakshak Samman Rashi.
Shock to Congress government in Himachal
Justice Sandeep Sharma accepted the petition of the Union of People's Liberation Army and decided to award the honorarium. The High Court expressed displeasure over stopping the honorarium. Justice Sandeep Sharma made it clear that the state government cannot stop the honorarium without an effective law.
The decision to stop honorarium was challenged in the High Court
Let us tell you that this bill passed by the Assembly has not yet received the approval of the Governor. The decision to stop the honorarium was challenged in the High Court. After the decision of the High Court, the state government had to restore the honorarium again.
In 2019, the Jairam Thakur-led government planned
In the year 2019, the Jairam Thakur led government created the Himachal Pradesh Loktantra Prahari Samman Rashi Scheme. To give legal recognition to the scheme, the state government passed the Himachal Pradesh Democracy Sentinel Samman Act in the year 2021. The purpose of the law is to provide honorarium to democracy defenders detained during the crisis for political and social reasons from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977. This Act was implemented in the state on 6 May 2021. Under the law, a certain amount was given to eligible leaders.
Sukhu government stopped this scheme in February 2023
Union members will continue to receive funds until February 2023. Giving this amount has been stopped from March 2023. It was told that the decision to stop this amount has been taken in the cabinet meeting of the present Congress government on March 3, 2023. In the cabinet meeting, it was decided to bring a law to abolish honorarium.
After the decision, a bill to repeal the law was passed in the Assembly.
After this decision, the bill to repeal the law was passed in the Assembly. The bill was sent to the Governor. The petitioner association said that the bill to repeal the law has not yet been approved by the Governor.
No bill can become law unless it receives the assent of the President or the Governor.
In this situation the law still applies. The High Court accepted the arguments of the petitioner association. The decision said that any bill passed cannot become law unless it gets the approval of the President or the Governor. As long as the Act remains in force, the benefits under it cannot be stopped.
Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur welcomed the High Court's decision.
The High Court ordered the government to continue paying honorarium to union members as per the prescribed procedure until the existing law is repealed. Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur has welcomed the decision to restore the Democracy Sentinel Samman Rashi.
BJP honored the defenders who protected constitutional values
He said that BJP honored the defenders who protected constitutional values during the Emergency. After the Sukhu government of Congress came to power, the Samman Rashi was stopped. He termed the action of the state government as dictatorship like emergency. He said that today the High Court has put a stay on the arbitrary decision of the Sukhu government and has maintained the respect of the sentinels who protect democracy. The resumption of the scheme started by the BJP government is welcome. The victory of the democracy fighters has made it clear that the decision of the Congress government was also unconstitutional.
