Punjab Government Joint Front meeting was held
Ludhiana, November 24 - The meeting of Punjab Government Pensioners Joint Front was held at Pensionraj Bhawan, Ludhiana under the chairmanship of convener Bhajan Singh Gill. Releasing the proceedings of the meeting to the press, the convener Dr. NK Kalsi said that the post of the coordinator of the organization has been a topic of discussion for a long time, so the members present in the meeting have abolished the post of the coordinator keeping in mind the interests of the pensioners of Punjab.
Ludhiana, November 24 - The meeting of Punjab Government Pensioners Joint Front was held at Pensionraj Bhawan, Ludhiana under the chairmanship of convener Bhajan Singh Gill. Releasing the proceedings of the meeting to the press, the convener Dr. NK Kalsi said that the post of the coordinator of the organization has been a topic of discussion for a long time, so the members present in the meeting have abolished the post of the coordinator keeping in mind the interests of the pensioners of Punjab. The reins of the front were handed over to group conveners.
He said that along with this, the appointment of a secretary or finance secretary in the front was also rejected by canceling the verbal decisions made in the tumult of 8 August 2023.
He said that according to the decision of the Punjab Employees and Pensioners Joint Front, they decided to form district committees and hold full-day sit-ins in front of the houses of ministers and MLAs in January. In the meeting, the Pensioners' Joint Front decided to hold a state-level massive rally in February against the stubborn attitude of the Punjab government and the Lara Lappa Lau policy.
On this occasion, it was demanded from the Punjab government that the dearness allowance due to the pensioners of the employees of Punjab should be increased from 34 percent to 46 percent on the pattern of the center, and the old pension should be restored on the pattern of 1972. According to the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission, a multiplier of 2.59 should be applied to the pensioners on a notional basis, the balance due from January 2016 to June 30, 2021 should be paid in lump sum and dearness allowance due for 210 months should also be paid by July 2023. be issued
In addition to Dr. NK Kalsi, Bhajan Singh Gill Pensioners Association, Major Singh Punjab Police Welfare Pensioners Association and PIC representative Shusil Kumar joined as convener. The proceedings of the meeting were conducted by Surinder Ram Kussa. Besides the conveners B. S. Saini, Kulwaran Singh, Sarabjit Daudhar, Major Singh, Darshan Singh Uttal, Jagdish Sharma, Bakshish Singh, Ram Singh Kalra, Nirmal Singh Lalton, Manohar Lal, Shusil Kumar, Kulwant Singh, Jarnail Singh Sidhu expressed their views. Leaders like Bikar Singh Madike, Rajinder Singh Lalton, Pavitar Singh, Juginder Rai, Bhagwan Singh, Karamjit Singh and others also participated in the meeting.
