AGARTALA, March 7 (TIWN): Talking about the last Assembly Budget session former Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha said, BJP-IPFT Govt didn’t allow to place opposition’s proposal in Assembly about MGNREGA mandays, wage hikes.

 “Before the election 200 days of works, 350 rupees of wage was promised. Now, when we proposed in the Assembly to hike wage and mandays, under majority power, the Govt cancelled that proposal”, said Bhanulal Saha.

On Wednesday, CPI-M had launched a massive protest with 6 demands from the State Govt regarding wage hike, pension hike, mandays hike, land and house allocation.

 The ex-finance minister alleged that even though BJP Govt said that social pensions may be hiked from Rs. 700 to Rs. 1000, but the true colour of BJP will be seen once the Lok Sabha election is done. Addressing media, Bhanulal Saha said, “Now, even 80 years old men, women are bound to stand in rows to verify their papers, How many of them can have papers in this age. In which way,the BJP Govt is moving forward, nothing is to hide. Once the Lok Sabha election is done, then they will show the true colour”. Bhanulal Saha also slammed the Govt for claiming 7th Pay Commission was given to employees, added, only a part of 7th pay commission was given to the teachers.