bill no i of 2009 the prevention of regionalism bill, 2009 a billto prohibit the spreading of regionalism and to promote nationalism in the country andto provide relief and rehabilitation to the victims of regionalism and for mattersconnected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the prevention of regionalism act, 2009(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at once2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions5(a) "organization" means any organization or outfit promoting regionalism in anymanner including political outfits(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by  rules made under this act (c) "regionalism" means any action in any part or state of the country, by any personor organization, including political party leading to intimidation, beating, forced exodus, by any means, of persons belonging to other region or state(d) "state" means govt of india, govt  of  states and  all local and other authorities under the control of central government53 the state shall strive to  promote and protect the ideals of nationalism in the countrystate to promote nationalism4 it shall be the duty of the state to protect its citizens from any act of regionalismstate to protect against regionalism5 no person or organization shall abet or indulge in any act of spreading regionalism106 the state shall not incur any expenditure on the security of any person who or whose organization has been prima facie accused of spreading regionalism by a competent courtprohibition from abetment and indulgence in regionalism state not to give security to person indulged in regionalism15ban on political party prima facie accused of regionalism7  notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any political party whose leaders or workers are prima facie accused of spreading regionalism by the competent authority shall be banned and all the elected representatives of such party in parliament or state legislatures shall stand disqualified from the date of coming into force of the actpenalty8 notwithstanding the provisions of the ipc, whoever violates the provisions of—45 of 1860(i) section 5 shall be punishable with imprisonment for life and shall also be  liable tofine which may extend to twenty-five lakh rupees20(ii) section 6 shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three yearsand shall also be liable to with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees:provided that if the contravention of section 5 of this act has been done by theworkers of a political party then the president or the head of that political party shall be liable to be prosecuted under this act25scheme for relief and rehabilitation9 (1) the central government shall, within one month of the commencement of thisact, frame a scheme for providing relief and rehabilitation of victims of regionalism and shall also provide funds for its implementation(2) without prejudice to the generality of the provision of sub-section (1) the schemeshall inter-alia provide for,—30(i) compensation for the loss incurred by the victims during the violence ofregionalism  including the ex-gratia payment;(ii) reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by victims  injured during theviolence;  and(iii) employment to victims who have lost their means of livelihood:35provided that till the time a gainful employment is provided to the victim, he shall be provided with subsistence allowance at such rate as may be prescribedpower to remove difficulties4010 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such orders shall be made after the expiry of the period of three years from the date of commencement of this actact to has overriding effect511 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistenttherewith contained in any other law for the time being in force on the subject and save aforesaid the provisions of the act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time in forcepower to make rules12 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsarticle 1 of the constitution provides that india ie bharat shall be a union of statesclause (e) of article 19(e) gives a fundamental right to all its citizens to reside and settle in any part of the territory of india the intention of the founding fathers of the constitution behind incorporating these articles in the constitution was that india is one country and all its citizens have right to move, live and settle in any part of it of late, repeated attacks in maharashtra, particularly, in mumbai on persons of northern parts of the country were not only unfortunate, but also an attempt to negate the principles enshrined in our constitution every now and then a political outfit is spreading regional and linguistic venom in the society leading to intimidation and forceful eviction of the poor people, who are living there for more than half century in these attacks, some innocent lives have been lost and many poor and hapless people who earn their  livelihood by doing all sorts of menial jobs were beaten in full public view and were asked to leave maharashtra many families have been uprooted and lost their shelters they have nothing to feed themselves and their children still those who are living in maharashtra are in a state of constant fear of loosing their life and livelihood any time the violence and disturbance in the financial capital of the country is not only a national loss, but a jolt to the social fabric of the country it is unthinkable, if the same kind of  regional fervor starts in every state then what would be the fate of the country in the form of our preamble to the constitution, we have adopted the principles of fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation we are known for our unity in diversity therefore, any such incident is a blot on our societypersons with narrow and petty political gains should not be allowed to run amok in the society and should be dealt with severely for destroying the peace it is high time that a law for preventing the spreading of regionalism in the society is framed and any such act should be severely punishedhence this billmahendra  mohan financial memorandumclause 9 of the bill provides that the central government shall frame a scheme for providing relief and rehabilitation to the victims of regionalism and provide funds for its implementation in view of this it is sure that some recurring expenditure would be involved from the consolidated fund of india the amount of recurring expenditure that would be involved annually would depend upon the number of incidents and victims in suit incidents therefore,  it is difficult to estimate the amount that would be required from the consolidated fund of indiano non recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated legislationclause 12 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the billthe rules will relate to matters of details only the delegation of legislative power is therefore of normal character————abillto prohibit the spreading of regionalism and to promote nationalism in the country and to provide relief and rehabilitation to the victims of regionalism and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri mahendra mohan, mp)gmgipmrnd—2546rs(s5)—03-07-2009