Khattar govt coercing state employees to donate to Covis-19 fund: Surjewala

He alleged that heads of various departments are putting pressure on their employees that they should contribute 10-20 per cent of their monthly salary towards Haryana Coronavirus Relief Fund

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday said the M L Khattar-led government in Haryana is coercing state employees to donate for the a coronavirus relief fund.

"But this time state government is pressurizing its employees to submit their voluntary approvals for the donations," the chief spokesperson of the Congress alleged in a news conference addressed through video conferencing.

Surjewala said Haryana has a long standing culture of sharing and helping out each other whenever such a need has arisen and state government employees have always made huge amounts of voluntary donations for various calamities in the past. 

"We are