Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has decided to withdraw a controversial bill that that sought to protect both serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in the state from being investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanction.
The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, promulgated on September 7, also sought to bar the media from reporting on accusations till the sanction to proceed with the probe is obtained. However after protests by the Opposition, journalists and lawyers, the Bill was later referred to a select committee in the Assembly.
In December, the ordinance lapsed as it couldn't be presented to the House on time.
바카라We sent the Bill to the select committee, we let the ordinance lapse and today it is not law, what should we withdraw? But we are still withdrawing it,바카라 Raje replied to the Budget debate in the Assembly, The Indian Express.
Under its provisions, the media could not report on the accusation against such a person till the prosecution was given the go-ahead from the sanctioning authority.
Recently, the government had granted the select committee more time to submit its report on the Bill. On February 5, home minister Gulab Chand Kataria had moved a proposal to this effect in the House on the first day of the Budget session, which the Opposition had opposed, added the report.
State Congress President Sachin Pilot said the bill should have been withdrawn 바카라a long time ago바카라. 바카라Rajasthan바카라s image has gone down because of the stubborn attitude of this government in not shelving the bill immediately after the ordinance lapsed,바카라 Pilot said after the announcement.
On November 16, also National Press Day, Rajasthan Patrika -- a leading Hindi newspaper in the state 바카라 left its editorial column blank to register its strong protest against the Raje-led BJP government바카라s controversial shield-and-gag ordinance.
On November 1, terming the ordinance as "black law", Rajasthan Patrika had decided to boycott the chief minister until she revoked it.
Protesting against the powers given to the authorities to gag the media, editor-in-chief of the daily Gulab Kothari wrote in the blank editorial's headline that the 바카라black law바카라 had put journalism in danger. 바카라With this, we oppose the law which has murdered democracy,바카라 he stated.
(With PTI inputs)
