Pensioners take out rally in Chandigarh

Our Correspondent

Doraha, September 11

The Government Pensioners’ Association of Doraha participated in a rally organised by the Punjab, UT Employees and Pensioners’ Joint Front in Chandigarh today.

The president of the association said the government had fixed a meeting for September 20. If the demands remained unheard, the joint front would be forced to intensify its struggle from October 2. He condemned the state government’s policy of evading the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission for employees and pensioners with pro-employee and pro-pensioner amendments.

Gurdial Singh Dalal, secretary, Government Pensioners Association, Doraha, said the report of the commission and the terminology adopted by the cabinet subcommittee, set up for its implementation, had confused the employees and pensioners.

He said the Punjab, UT Employees and Pensioners’ Joint Front was forced to organise a protest rally and march towards the CM’s official residence, only after the stubborn attitude of the Cabinet subcommittee and unsuccessful meetings with the subcommittee.

The association fully supports the formula put forth and multiples suggested by joint front leaders sharing that the government had cunningly put up a formula with 113 per cent dearness allowance and 15 per cent increase in pay. The leaders while rejecting the fraudulent formula put forth by the Cabinet- subcommittee and demanded 125 per cent DA as it was on January 1, 2016, and 20 per cent increase in the pay with multiples 2.72, 2.89 and 3.06 (w.e.f from January 1, 2016).