Restoring old pension scheme our major achievement: Sukhu

In the very first cabinet meeting after the formation of the Congress government in the state, I fulfilled my election promise and secured the future of lakhs of government employees by restoring the old pension scheme, he added.

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday said that despite the financial crunch, the Congress government has given old pensions to 1.36 lakh government employees.

Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during election campaign for Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Shimla Vinod Sultanpuri at Nalagarh, Solan, on Saturday. (HT Photo)

He was addressing a public meeting in Nalagarh. In the very first cabinet meeting after the formation of the Congress government in the state, he fulfilled his election promise and secured the future of lakhs of government employees by restoring the old pension scheme, he added. “Today more than 4,000 employees are taking benefit of the old pension scheme,” said chief minister.

Sukhu further said that ₹9,000 crore of NPS is still stuck with the central government, a fight is being fought to get it back. He said that the state government has also given a 4% dearness allowance to government employees.

Attacking the BJP, Sukhu said that when the BJP was not successful in forming the government with the public votes, an attempt was made to capture it based on money, but the plans of the BJP could not be fulfilled. He said that the Congress government is completely stable and will complete its five-year term. Jairam Thakur’s dream of Munger Lal becoming the chief minister will never be fulfilled. He said that the public trusted local MLA KL Thakur a lot, but he betrayed the people.