Haryana House Committee to go dwell into salary, allowance

With Haryana legislators demanding hike in pay and allowances, a House Committee would be formed which would dwell into the issue seeking information from neighbouring states.
During the ongoing budget session of the Haryana Assembly, here today, Parliamentary Affairs Minister moved a resolution favouring more pay and allowances for the MLAs in the 90-member Assembly.
Speaking on the issue, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, said that a resolution has been moved and pointed out that the issue had been raised during the previous session also.
"This (issue) should be discussed thoroughly," he said and proposed that a House committee be formed, which will have two members from BJP, one from INLD, one from Congress, one from the Independents.

From BJP, he proposed the names of Gian Chand Gupta and Banvari Lal for the Committee.
"They will sit together and seek information on what is happening in our neighbouring states like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, about not just salary, but things like allowances and total take home. Whatever recommendation the committee gives, that will be put before the House in next session," Khattar told the Assembly.
While Congress MLAs were not present in the House, Leader of Opposition and senior INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala, said how to increase salary of members and what more facilities be given, these things had become necessary in the present times.

"Ram Bilas Sharma came up with the proposal and Chief Minister has accepted. From INLD, we are also nominating Zakir Hussain as member. Whatever the committee decides, that will be acceptable to us," Chautala said.