MUNICIPALITIES AMENDMENT BILL passed

 

 

 

‘Aparajita’ Shukla ON TUESDAY, the second day of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Winter Session witness a fierce uproar over crop damage and VIT University violence case by Congress legislators but the Nagar Palika Amendment Bill was passed unopposed. With this bill the conduct of elections for the posts of Chairperson of Nagar Palika (Municipality) and Nagar Parishad (Municipal Council) through the direct voting system. Madhya Pradesh Urban Affairs and Housing Minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya presented The Madhya Pradesh Municipalities (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the House for a discussion on the first day of the session.

 

On Tuesday, it was passed. The Shop and Establishment (Second Amendment) Bill 2025 was also presented in the House. With this bill, now the registration process will be completely digital. Additionally, under the amendment to the Shop and Establishment Act, shopkeepers and workers will be required to be given one mandatory day off per week. Earlier, Congress held a protest in the Assembly over farmers’ issues. Infront of Mahatma Gandhi statue outside the House, Congress MLAs arrived with a tableau depicting a field eaten by birds (regretting now when the birds have already have already eaten spoiled the field).

 

Meanwhile, they launched a scathing attack on the Government’s agricultural policies. Farmers are suffering on every front, the Government is repeating only promises. During the protest, Leader of the Opposition Umang Singhar said that the State’s farmers are suffering at every level, from fertilisers to minimum support prices and compensation for natural disasters. He said that the farmers are running from pillar to post, while the ruling party only makes hollow claims about price differences (Bhavantar) and other schemes.

 

Singhar alleged that the government has failed to protect the interests of the farmers. During the Question Hour, State Agriculture Minister suddenly fell ill. Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar adjourned the House for 10 minutes as doctors were called in to examine the minister. The ailing minister was taken to the hospital. Speaker Tomar later visited the private hospital to inquire about his health. During the call attention motion Deputy Leader of Opposition Hemant Katare told the Higher Education Minister that violence erupted in VIT campus was not sudden. The complaints against its administration were receiving since long time.

 

Why action against the VIT University was not taken. NSUI President Ravi Parmar also registered the complaint a few months ago. But no action was taken on it. He stated that it was one of the largest campus unrest incidents in recent years, nearly 4,000 students were there. Minister Parmar assured the house stern action will be taken against the institute but he dodged the answer on withdrawal of FIR against the students saying proper procedure will be followed.