Haryana govt employees stage protest seeking restoration of OPS
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 26,2024
Vijender Dhariwal, state president of the “Pension Bahali Sangharsh Samiti” said that no BJP ruled state has restored the old pension scheme and only the congress ruled state are reverting back to old pension scheme. The BJP government is only trying to do lip service for suggesting minor changes in the new pension scheme.
Under the banner of Pension Bahali Sangharsh Samiti ( PBSS) , government employees including power utilities employees led by district president Rajesh Bhatti and Balram Arya on Thursday held a pension protest “ akrosh march” in Faridabad demanding the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme for all state government employees.
The rally was addressed by Dr. Arvind Yadav, Rishi Dev, Kamal Deep Husini, Dinesh Sharma and Baljij Beniwal. Employees joined the march wearing black clothes demanding restoration of old pension
If the state government does not implement OPS in future, then in the upcoming assembly elections, once again under Vote for OPS, the government employees will not take long to oust the current party from power, said Rajesh Bhatti. PBSS has given a call to gherao the Chief Minister’s residence in Panchkula on September 1.
The Haryana government employees have been seeking restoration of the Old Pension Scheme ever since it was discontinued in 2007. They have intensified the demand ever since the congress government in neighboring Rajasthan in 2022 announced restoration of the Old Pension Scheme. It was a big issue during the Assembly elections of Himachal Pradesh where the Congress was voted to power. Soon after assuming power, the Congress government there announced its plan to restore the Old Pension Scheme.
Haryana govt employees stage protest seeking restoration of OPS. Dinesh Sharma, Baljit Beniwal who especially came from Hissar said that we will continue to protest against the government till our demands are not met. The government should restore the Old Pension Scheme.
(Faridabad)
