CONGRESS FAILED TO SAFEGUARD INTERSTS OF EMPLOYEES : NK SHARMA
Chandigarh, July 18 (wishavwarta):- The Shiromani Akali Dal has strongly opposed implementation of the central pay pattern for new recruits by the Punjab Government and said that the Congress government has miserably failed to safeguard interests of the employees of the state.
In a statement released from the party head office here today, the SAD Treasurer and Spokesman Mr. NK Sharma said that it is shocking to see that the Punjab Government is continuously taking decision to cause maximum damage to the interests of the government employees. He said that this government has already delayed sixth pay commission and has failed to give pending DA to the employees.
He said that now the government has come up with a new decision to implement central government pay scales for the newly recruited employees in future. He said that this decision is totally unjustified, unwarranted and day light robbery on the rights of the employees. He said that the Punjab government employees are already getting higher pay scales than the centre government and by implementing this decision the Congress wants to deny genuine pay scales to the newly recruited employees in the name of saving some pennies.
The SAD leader said that their party will oppose tooth and nail this anti employee decision which is set to harm the interests of the newly recruited employees. He said that if the Congress wants to save government money then it should curtail its expenditure on ministers, its own MLAs and should also refrain from purchasing new vehicles every other day.
Mr. Sharma said that it is the Constitutional duty of the state government to safeguard interests of all the sections of society but this government has badly failed on this account. He said that not only employees but every section of people including Traders, Industralists, Farmers, Labourers and other are suffering due to the ill planning and bad governance of the Congress government. He also declared that after the 20222 state elections, after assuming power in the state, the SAD government will revive the existing pattern of pay scales if the present government alters the arrangement and it will also revive old pension scheme.