Odisha MLAs’ salary hike demand: Speaker asks Min to present bill in Assembly

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Mar 15, 2023 at 2:49 PM

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha today directed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Niranjan Pujari to present a bill in the House regarding the demand of hike in salary of MLAs and pension of former legislators in the state.

Raising the matter in the Assembly, Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra said it was not known as to what decision the State Government took towards the salary hike despite submission of concerned reports.

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The Speaker should direct the government to present a bill in this connection, he said.

An all-party committee headed by BJD MLA Amar Prasad Satpathy was formed last year to study the demand for salary hike.

MLAs cutting across party lines had demanded the hike citing rise in the cost of living.

They had demanded that their salary should be raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1 lakh saying that it is lower compared to that of MLAs of other states.