ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાએ ૧૫ વર્ષ જૂના વધારાના ખર્ચને આપી મંજૂરી

ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાએ ૧૫ વર્ષ જૂના વધારાના ખર્ચને આપી મંજૂરી – શાસન કે ઔપચારિકતા?

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ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાના તાજેતરના બજેટ સત્રમાં ૨૦૦૯-૧૦ અને ૨૦૧૦-૧૧ના વધારાના ખર્ચ માટે મંજુરી આપવામાં આવી છે. આ ખર્ચ નરેન્દ્ર મોદી સરકાર દરમિયાન થયો હતો, અને હવે ૧૫ વર્ષ બાદ ભુપેન્દ્ર પટેલની સરકાર તેને સત્તાવાર મંજૂરી આપી રહી છે. આ ઘટનાએ શાસન અને પારદર્શકતાને લઈને અનેક સવાલો ઉભા કર્યા છે.

ગુજરાતના બંધારણની કલમ ૨૦૫ મુજબ, જો સરકાર કોઈ વધારાનો ખર્ચ કરે તો તેને વિધાનસભાની મંજૂરી લેવી પડે. સામાન્ય રીતે, એ ખર્ચની મંજૂરી તાત્કાલિક આપવામાં આવે છે, જેનાથી શાસન પારદર્શક રહે. અહીં સવાલ એ છે કે દોઢ દાયકાં બાદ આવી મંજૂરી આપવામાં આવે, તો શું તેને વિધાનસભાની સાચી જવાબદારી ગણવી જોઈએ?

૨૦૦૯-૧૦ માટે ₹1,011 કરોડ અને ૨૦૧૦-૧૧ માટે ₹120.25 કરોડનો વધારાનો ખર્ચ હવે મંજૂર કરવામાં આવ્યો છે. આ ખર્ચ વિવિધ શાખાઓમાં થયો હતો, અને મંજુરી વિના આટલો મોટો ખર્ચ શા માટે કરવામાં આવ્યો તે પણ ચર્ચાનો વિષય છે.

વિપક્ષે આ નિર્ણય પર સવાલ ઉઠાવ્યા છે કે ૧૫ વર્ષ જૂના ખર્ચ માટે હવે મંજૂરી આપવાનો શું તર્ક છે? શું તે સમયના નાણાકીય સંચાલનમાં ખામીઓ હતી? કે આ ખર્ચ વિધાનસભાની મંજૂરી વિના જ થઈ ગયો હતો? બીજી બાજુ, સરકારનો અભિગમ છે કે આ એક ઔપચારિકતા છે અને આ ખર્ચ હવે માત્ર કાયદાકીય રીતે મંજૂર કરવામાં આવી રહ્યો છે.

આ ઘટનાથી વિધાનસભાની સંવૈધાનિક ભૂમિકા અને સરકારોની હિસાબદારી પર પ્રશ્નો ઉઠે છે. જો વિધાનસભા વર્ષો પછી માત્ર મંજૂરી આપવા માટે બેસે, તો શું તેનો સાચો અર્થ રહે? કરદાતાના પૈસા શા માટે ખર્ચાયા અને શું તે ખર્ચ જરૂરી હતા? જ્યારે સરકાર શ્રેષ્ઠ શાસન અને પારદર્શકતાની વાત કરે છે, ત્યારે આવી ઢીલાશથી વિધાનસભાની પ્રભૂતાને લઈને પણ સવાલો ઉભા થાય છે. હવે જોવાનું એ રહેશે કે વિધાનસભા અને નાગરિકો આ મુદ્દાને કેવી રીતે જોવે છે.

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