State Finance Minister Ajit Pawar criticized the Congress in the Legislative Assembly over the old pension scheme of government employees. Reminding that the national level decision to close the old pension scheme was the Congress government, the Congress leaders reminded the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that ‘if the old pension is implemented, the rulers will be able to pay only the salary and pension of the employees, nothing else. After that, not a single question was asked by the Congress on this issue. (Old Pension Scheme)
Congress question
“The government has recently decided to give an option to the old pension scheme to the government employees who were advertised before November 1, 2005 and joined the government service after that.On Monday July 1, Congress leader and former minister Balasaheb Thorat asked a question that put Finance Minister Ajit Pawar in trouble during the question and answer hour.The answer to this question is ‘yes’. So when will this decision be implemented?” Thorat asked this question. (Old Pension Scheme)
Plan by consensus
It was accepted by all, ie the employee unions, their leaders. There is a plan to set aside 10 percent from the employees’ salary and 14 percent from the government. In this plan, the amount will increase over time.Pawar said, “It will be implemented after the retirement of the employees and that batch will retire in 2030. Balsaheb, you are so senior, what can you tell me?” Also giving more information, Pawar explained that the pension scheme was started on the recommendation of a committee of retired IAS officers formed by the government.
Decision to ban pension during Thorat’s tenure as a minister
On this, Pawar exposed the politics of Thorat and Congress. At the center, Dr. He recalled that when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister and Vilasrao Deshmukh was the Chief Minister of the state, when it was decided to close the old pension scheme at the national level, Balasaheb Thorat was a minister in the state and he also approved this decision. He also told Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar that he is positive about the present Mahayuti Pension Scheme.
Fake Narrative
“This is the case of 2005. Those who will decide, those who will agitate, those who will make them lie, those who will give false assurances and those who will get votes by lying,” criticized Shelar.BJP MLA Ashish Shelar took a dig at the Congress and said, “There has been a lot of fake narratives and lies. So there is nothing to be done about it, it’s about it, it’s about it, it’s about it, it’s about it.”
