Congress protests against BJP govt’s proposal of 7th Pay Commission

Date : 3.7.2016

Congress protests against BJP govt’s proposal of 7th Pay Commission

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Congress on Saturday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar against the BJP government’s decision regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

Addressing a ‘dharna’ at the Jantar Mantar, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Ajay Maken said the decision of the government will adversely affect around 1 crore people, and the figures will go up to 2.5 crore if employees of the State governments are also taken into account, and the number would further swell to 10 crore people if the those dependent on these people are also included.

He said the Congress party was committed to join the government employees in their fight against the Central Government for getting a fair deal in the implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

He said the Congress party will join the Government employee’s shoulder-to-shoulder in their fights on the streets for getting justice.

Protesting against the proposal of the Centre in implementing the 7th Pay Commission, the Congress protesters termed the recommendations ‘a betrayal on the government employees by the Modi government’ and said the 7th Pay Commission has recommended just 14.27 per cent hike in the salaries of the government employees, which was the lowest as compared to the recommendations of all the previous Pay Commissions.

Maken said the government employees, who include Armed forces, para-military forces and teachers, were very eagerly looking forward to the recommendations of the Pay Commission in the hope of getting a good hike in their wages, which would offset their rising expenses.

“But the BJP Government’s decision regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission was a total let down for the Central Government employees, and they were totally disappointed as all their dreams have been shattered,” Maken added.

Besides Ajay Maken, prominent other leaders who participated in the dharna were National Confederation of Central Government Employees general secretary I A Siddiqui, Government employees leader and ex-MP Sajjan Kumar, chief spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee, former Delhi Minister Dr Narendra Nath, Leader of the Opposition in the MCD Varyam Kaur and district and block Congress committee presidents.