TIWN March 2, 2021
AGARTALA, March 2 (TIWN): In the Badharghat bypoll, Tripura Govt employees had rejected the BJP party, which caused a significant fall in the postal ballots' vote-banks of the BJP. Recently BJP has released 3% DA of the employees for its first time since the BJP-IPFT Govt's formation but survey says that employees are resented against the Govt as 3% DA after no-DA for 3 years is almost nothing to them as per the increasing commodity prices nationwide. The State Govt Employees who were promised about a 7th Pay Commission's direct benefit by doubling, tripling their salaries are reportedly resented over Govt's anti-employees attitude. Anti-employees speeches, comments were heard from CM Biplab Deb, Law Minister Ratanlal Nath multiple times. However, as roles have to play for the sake of Politics, BJP found enough reasons to celebrate the 3% DA hikes for the employees and pensioners.
Moreover, BJP claims about a Double-Engine in Tripura but now BJP is functioning to blame the previous Govt for poor economic condition. When it claims about poor economic condition, in contrast it again claims about huge rise in revenue income and high per capita income.
Tripura BJP Govt has cleared a 3% DA for its Govt employees and pensioners on February 25. Total 17% DA has been pending for the last 3 years and 3% has been cleared now. A Pay Matrix was given in 2018 however. Addressing the media at the Secretariat, Law Minister Ratanlal Nath said, except West Bengal, no other state had increased pays of the employees due to COVID-crisis. He also claimed that Mamata Banerjee hiked it for election purposes. However, after a long wait finally Tripura employees got 3% DA which will benefit the pensioners also. But, though Ratanlal Nath claimed that no other state increased pay except West Bengal and Tripura but Kerala and Delhi also hiked pays recently. Infact Delhi hiked DA as per 7th Pay Commission. However, still something is better than nothing. So, employees and pensioners are happy over the announcement.
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