CPI(M) MLAs stages walk out in the Tripura Assembly

The opposition CPI(M) MLAs Tuesday staged a walk out in the Tripura Assembly over implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations for the state government employees.

Replying to a notice on the implementation of the 7th CPC moved by CPI(M) MLA Badal Chowdhury, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma, who also holds the Finance portfolio said the BJP-IPFT government decided to implement 7th CPC for over two lakh employees and pensioners of the state from October, this year despite huge fiscal constraint.

"Despite huge fiscal constraints, the new government has given 2.57 per cent booster and the employees and pensioners would get at par with the Central government employees," he said.

However, Chowdhury wanted to know if the government had implemented the 7th CPC as promised in the partys vision document published before the February 2018 elections.

The deputy chief minister said, "In spite of huge financial burden of Rs 1,600 crore, the new government has given new pay scales to the employees and pensioners and some allowances are pending which will be considered later on."
Then Dev Barma said, "You are not a lawyer and I am not an accused. So, you cant get my answer in yes or no."