A ten-year-old tweet of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from 2012 goes viral because the Delhi Assembly on Monday handed a invoice effecting a 66 per cent hike within the salaries and allowances of the legislators within the nationwide capital. As the invoice was handed on the ground of the House with out a lot dialogue, an previous tweet of Kejriwal began doing the rounds.
“No consensus amongst political parties on Lokpal in 44 years. If they have to increase their salaries, there is consensus in 5 mins,” Kejriwal’s tweet dated March 25, 2012, learn.
Reacting to Kejriwal’s previous tweet, many hit out on the Delhi CM’s “hypocrisy.” Taking to Twitter, Indian Youth Congress’ National President Srinivas BV wrote, “First 5 bills to be tabled in the Delhi assembly are- 1. Salary hike of Ministers, 2. Salary hike of MLAs, 3. Salary hike of Chief Whip in assembly, 4. Salary hike of Speaker and deputy speaker, 5. Salary hike of LOP of Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal predicted exactly the same in 2012.”
Congress MLA from Punjab Pargat Singh tweeted, “Delhi assembly members gave themselves 66% salary hike by a consensus in 5 minutes. However when it comes to issues of people of Delhi, bills keep on moving between the LG and CM. If hypocrisy had a name, it would be @ArvindKejriwal.”
The Delhi legislators draw one of many lowest salaries throughout India with MLAs from Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka drawing greater than Rs 2 lakh per thirty days. The Delhi cupboard had given a go-ahead to the proposed hike final 12 months. After the invoice will get the assent of the President, the hikes within the MLAs’ salaries shall be efficient.
After the proposed hike, the wage of Delhi MLAs, together with allowances, will improve from Rs 54,000 per thirty days to Rs 90,000 per thirty days. The fundamental wage will improve from Rs 12,000 per thirty days to Rs 30,000 per thirty days, whereas the constituency allowance will go as much as Rs 25,000.
Five different payments had been handed immediately which included the hike in salaries of ministers, MLAs, chief whip, Speaker and Deputy Speaker, and Leader of Opposition within the Assembly.
After the invoice was handed, Sisodia, whereas hoping that the Centre would finally give a go-ahead, stated, “Now this salary including allowances has been increased to Rs.90,000. This has been discussed many times in the last 7 years. The central government had some objections to this and gave some suggestions. We have accepted the suggestions and passed it. We hope that the central government will pass it.”
Source: www.financialexpress.com”