There was a lot of uproar in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday. main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in the assembly of betraying them by not fulfilling its poll promise of regularizing the services of contract workers. There was a lot of uproar on this issue and due to this the proceedings of the House were adjourned for five minutes.
More than 4 lakh employees are on strike for 15 days
Raising the issue after the Question Hour, Leader of the Opposition Narayan Chandel and MLAs Dharamlal Kaushik, Brijmohan Agarwal and Ajay Chandrakar said that for the last 15 days, more than four lakh contract and daily wage workers of 145 organizations of government departments have been laid off for the year 2018. assembly elections They are protesting across the state demanding regularization of their services as promised by the Congress during
Work in Naya Raipur stalled due to strike – BJP
He said that in Chhattisgarh, these employees are protesting in Naya Raipur and government work has come to a standstill due to the strike, but the government is not paying any attention to their demands. The MLAs said that instead of regularizing them, the government has only given them a ‘jhunjhuna’ by increasing their salaries. The BJP members demanded a discussion on this issue by stopping the work and said that the contract workers and their families are feeling cheated.
BJP created ruckus, House adjourned
The demand of the opposition was rejected by the presiding officer saying that the opposition members would get enough time during the discussion on the no-confidence motion to be moved by the BJP. After this, the BJP MLAs started raising slogans in the House demanding an immediate discussion on the issue. Seeing the uproar in the house, the presiding officer adjourned the proceedings for five minutes.
Bhupesh Baghel made these announcements in the assembly
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had announced in the Vidhansabha on Wednesday that the salary of 37,000 contractual employees of various departments of the state government would be increased by 27 percent. He had also said that the salary of the daily wage workers would be increased by Rs 4,000 per month. Not only this, it was also announced to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) of government employees by 4 percent. The CM also announced an increase in the house rent allowance of government employees.
Assembly elections possible in Chhattisgarh in October-November
Assembly elections can be held in Chhattisgarh in October-November. That’s why both Congress and BJP have started targeting each other. When Bhupesh Baghel tried to woo the employees by announcing DA and allowances as well as increase in the salaries of contract workers and daily wage earners, the BJP raised the issue of not making them permanent in the House.
BJP ruled Chhattisgarh for 15 years
Let us inform that BJP ruled Chhattisgarh for 15 years. Raman Singh was the head of the state for 15 years. In the year 2018, the Congress party ousted the BJP’s Dr. Raman Singh government under the leadership of Bhupesh Baghel. Congress is trying to return to power once again, then BJP wants to oust it from power and establish its rule again in Chhattisgarh. That’s why the round of allegations and counter-allegations continues on both the sides.
Congress trying to form government again in Chhattisgarh
Encouraged by the victory in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, the Congress is trying to form the government again in Chhattisgarh, while the BJP is trying hard to come back to power here. The BJP is accusing the Congress government of many other scams, including the liquor scam, and in retaliation, the Congress is also reminding the BJP of the allegations leveled against the Raman Singh government.