Withdraw ordinance on pension, demands Cong

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad:  18.06.2020

Congress slammed chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for promulgating the ordinance allowing state government to defer a part of payment of salaries and pensions during disaster and public health emergencies.

“The ordinance promulgated by the Telangana government on Tuesday night allows it to defer payments till the situation becomes manageable. Such an ordinance will only trigger fear psychosis among employees and pensioners. The government has been paying deferred payments to the employees and pensions in the last three months. It’s a draconian move by the government,” said Ch Vamshi Chand Reddy, secretary of AICC and former MLA.

Stating that payment of salaries to the employees is certainly not a matter of charity, he said GO No. 27 was violative of Article 300-A of the Constitution.“Neither the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897, as amended by the ordinance of 2020, nor the Disaster Management Act 2005 has provisions for deferment of salaries or pensions,” Reddy said.

BJP, employees’ JAC condemn govt move

Telangana BJP termed the move as anti-employee. Speaking to media, BJP MLA T Raja Singh and MLC Ramachander Rao demanded the immediate withdrawal of the ordinance. Ramachander Rao alleged that some people claiming themselves to be union leaders had colluded with CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and said that state government employees and pensioners will be protesting the move. Meanwhile, the joint action committee of employees, teachers and pensioners condemned the move and demanded full salaries and pension for June. The Telangana unit of Centre of Indian Trade Unions has called for a state-wide protest. TNN