Will release DA of 3 lakh employees, 4 lakh pensioners in Punjab: BJP​

Chandigarh, May 13 Punjab BJP Chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party “is trying to divert people’s attention from real issues by constantly creating new narratives, but under the leadership of PM Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party will not allow this to happen”.​

Promising to clear arrears, Jakhar told the media here that more than 3 lakh employees and 4 lakh pensioners in Punjab are awaiting their dearness allowance instalments and arrears.​

He said the High Court had directed the government to release Rs 15,000 crore in dearness allowance instalments and arrears to employees and pensioners by June 30, but the government has again approached the court.​

He added that, before the elections, Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal had promised that people would not have to stage protests or face police action for jobs, but today the situation remains unchanged.​

Jakhar said the anti-employee face of the government has been exposed because, for the first time since Independence, an Aam Aadmi Party government is not only refusing to release dearness allowance instalments but has also challenged the very provision of granting dearness allowance in its appeal.​

According to him, the government has argued that it is not bound to increase the dearness allowance.

​Jakhar said the dearness allowance is not charity for employees, but their rightful entitlement, and the government should release it without delay.​

He added that while the Central government led by PM Modi, along with Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan, is providing 60 per cent dearness allowance, Punjab employees are receiving only 42 per cent.​

He further said that people voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal because law and order had deteriorated there, and employees were also not receiving dearness allowance.​

According to Jakhar, Punjab is now facing similar circumstances.​

He assured employees that the Bharatiya Janata Party would improve the situation, ensure dearness allowance payments, and safeguard all employee interests.​

--IANS

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