GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 7th August. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav slammed the government’s reported refusal to pay 18 months of dearness allowance (DA) arrears to central government employees on Wednesday, questioning its claim of being a “global economic superpower.”
Yadav also raised concerns about the allocation of funds from the increasing GST collections. “Does the government’s claim of becoming a ‘global economic superpower’ mean that employees do not get their dues? The central government’s refusal to pay 18 months DA arrears to central employees is, in a way, a denial of ‘government guarantee’,” Yadav said in a post on ‘X’.
He shared a newspaper clipping with the headline “Centre will not pay 18 months DA arrear to employees,” and questioned the government’s financial priorities. “The government should tell where is the money from the ever-increasing ‘GST collection’, the ‘trillion dollar economy’ going? There is money for ships worth billions and leaking buildings, but not for the employees who actually run the government,” he stated.
Yadav highlighted the double blow faced by employees due to rising inflation and the lack of dearness allowance, noting that non-payment would also affect their efficiency. “The BJP does not pay proper salary to those who work,” he added.
He expressed concern for the elderly, whose medical expenses are increasing without corresponding pension adjustments. “Now does the government want senior citizens to go on a hunger strike for pension? By stopping railway concessions, the BJP has insulted senior citizens,” Yadav said.
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