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Parliament Budget Session: SP MP Dharmendra Yadav asks govt to restore old pension scheme

SP MP Dharmendra Yadav (File Photo)

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav on Monday accused the Central Government of exploiting the government employees and asked the BJP-led NDA government to restore the old pension scheme. 

On the second day of the second phase of the Budget session, Dharmendra Yadav emphasized the need to ensure the future security of government employees and their families. He alleged that the current pension scheme implemented by the government was a form exploitation of employees.   

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He stated that although the government has announced an integrated pension scheme, employess are still protesting. Yadav said: Employees do not want their entire earnings to be invested in the stock market. We can see the current state of the stock market. The old pension scheme is a guarantee of security for employees and their families. 

SP President Akhilesh Yadav has promised that whenever we get a chance to form the governemnt at the state or national-level, the old pension scheme will be reinstated. 

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The SP MP concluded his speech in the house by seeking an end to the exloitation of employees and the immediate implementation of the old pension scheme.

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