Nawanshahr, March 15- After the Central Government issued the notification of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), the employees called it another betrayal of the Central Government with the employees. In protest against this notification, the Old Pension Restoration Struggle Committee unit of District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar burnt copies of the Unified Pension Scheme notification in Nawanshahr under the leadership of District Convenor Mr. Gurdayal Mann.
At this time, the leader of the Old Pension Restoration Struggle Committee, Mr. Mann said that if the government does not pass a resolution against the restoration of old pension and UPS during the assembly session, then the employees of Punjab will create history like Delhi during the 2027 elections. Therefore, the Punjab government should issue a notification of old pension on the lines of the Himachal government so that about two and a half lakh employees of Punjab can get relief from this pain.
He said that the SOP issued by the Central Government yesterday for the Unified Pension Scheme is very fatal because according to the said scheme, the government wants to give pension to the employees by usurping all the money of the employees. He said that this scheme is a plan to send the employee home empty handed after retirement, this scheme will not be tolerated under any circumstances. All the employees are burning the copies of the notification and registering their protest against the scheme which usurps the hard earned money of the employees in the name of pension. In protest against this scheme, all the employees of Punjab will demand the implementation of the old pension scheme by submitting a memorandum to the MLAs and ministers of all the constituencies of Punjab before the assembly session begins. On this occasion, Bhupinder Lal Block Leader Navan Shahar said that the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab has issued a notification to restore the old pension, but the Punjab government has not yet implemented this notification. The OPS implemented by the Himachal government in its state has not put any financial burden on the state. Therefore, the Punjab government should also implement the old pension scheme in Punjab and open GPF accounts immediately. He said that next week all the members of the Old Pension Restoration Struggle Committee Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar will submit a memorandum to all the MLAs of the district regarding their demand. On this occasion, Ram Lal, Ajay Kumar, Balveer Chand, Jatinder Singh, Pinky Devi, Anita, Kuldeep Kaur Mann, Harvinder Kaur, Parvinder Kaur, Praveen Kumari, Sandeep Kaur, Priyanka Amandeep Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Ravinderjit Kaur, Kumari Dheeraj, Pratibha Verma, Rajni, Amrik Kaur, Shalu Kalia, Surjit Kaur, Balveer Kaur, Sarabjit Kaur, Manjit Chauhan, Neeru Bala, Kashmir Kaur, Baljinder Kaur etc were present.