Legislative council clears Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill; Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray opposes bill, calls it ‘unconstitutional'
Uddhav Thackeray
, while opposing the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill 2024 in the state legislative council on Friday.
He termed the bill 'unconstitutional' and 'dangerous'.
Amid a pandemonium and a 10-minute adjournment, the council cleared the bill by a majority, a day after the assembly passed it.
"It is natural that since the ruling party has a brute majority, they are using it and misusing it. We are opposed to some things in the bill," Thackeray said. "There is a difference between govt's words and actions. They say we want to eradicate Naxalism and terrorism, but there is no mention of the two anywhere in the bill.
Initially, there is only mention of hardline-left ideology, action against hardline-left organisations.
Basically, how will we decide left-right? Earlier, Shiv Sena and BJP were together. Then we were called right-wing. But, what is left-right? This is against the Constitution."
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He added: "If govt wants to eliminate anti-national forces, , they do not need to ask us. We were, are, and will remain with govt. But, if you are bringing a bill motivated by political motives, we are against it...This
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Speaking in the council, Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab said he feared that the new law could be 'misused'. "With this bill, you can target any organisation and label it as Left extremist," he said. But legislator Pravin Darekar said there will be no misuse of the bill and it is required to control activities of anti-nationals and naxals.
MLC Abhijit Wanjarri from Congress said what is not in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) should be in this bill, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
He demanded that the bill be sent back to the joint select committee, and there should be a public hearing.
MLC Sachin Ahir said: "There is a lot of ambiguity on what kind of organisation or group of people will be targeted under this Act. Did you give proper hearing to citizens who objected to the bill? And why is govt in a hurry to clear this bill during the monsoon session? We are with you (ruling party) in national interest, but this bill raises a lot of doubts."
Minister of state (home) Yogesh Kadam clarified that the bill was different from UAPA.
He gave an assurance that there will be no misuse of the law and it will serve as an effective tool to tackle the naxal menace in the state.
The law will impose punishments ranging from two to seven years in prison for members of unlawful organisations. Offences under the Act will be cognisable and non-bailable in nature, and grant govt the authority to seize and forfeit funds belonging to such groups.
The bill was introduced in the winter session of the assembly in Dec 2024 and referred to an all-party joint select committee for scrutiny, which recently tabled its report.
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