Former Haryana CM and chief of opposition at state meeting Bhupinder Singh Hooda. File
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Ahead of the subsequent Haryana Assembly elections, due in 2024, the Congress social gathering introduced it might restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for presidency workers if the social gathering fashioned the subsequent authorities within the State.
Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition within the State Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday mentioned the Congress “completely endorsed” the federal government workers’ demand to revive the OPS, and promised to strongly elevate the difficulty within the Budget session of the upcoming Assembly session as effectively.
“If the present government does not accept the demands of the employees, a decision will be taken to implement OPS in the very first Cabinet meeting of the Congress if it forms the next government in the State. The OPS has already been implemented in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh. Employees in Haryana will also get its benefit along the same lines,” Mr. Hooda mentioned.
He condemned using drive and water cannons by the police in opposition to demonstrating workers gathered at Panchkula, demanding the OPS.
Water cannons getting used as authorities workers of Haryana shout slogans throughout a protest demanding the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme, close to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s residence in Panchkula, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.
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Mr. Hooda mentioned that within the Assembly session, which is to begin on February 20, Congress MLAs have given greater than two dozen ‘calling attention’ and adjournment motions, and dozens of different points may even be raised through the Zero Hour.
“We would raise family identity card, cut in pension of senior citizens, cut in BPL (Below Poverty Line) card, illegal mining, NGT (National Green Tribunal) cases, unemployment, demand for the Old Pension Scheme, increasing drug menace, privatisation of education, increase in water rate, electricity shortage, dilapidated condition of roads, non-receipt of compensation for mustard and wheat, imposition of e-tendering on panchayats, right to recall, deteriorating law and order, among other issues,” he added.
Source: www.thehindu.com
