BJP MP Varun Gandhi has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to initiate a 'campaign'바카라 웹사이트to encourage economically advantaged Lok Sabha members to forego their remunerations for the remaining term of the Lower House.
According to a report by The바카라 웹사이트, Gandhi바카라 웹사이트has said바카라 웹사이트that parliamentarians in India currently have the authority to determine their remunerations.바카라 웹사이트
“..my request to you Madam바카라 웹사이트Speaker,바카라 웹사이트is to initiate a movement aimed at the economically advantaged MPs, to forego our remuneration for the remainder of this 16th Lok Sabha,” two-time MP Gandhi wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. “Freezing our salaries for the rest of the 16th Lok Sabha would also be seen as a welcome step in this direction.”
Gandhi said India라이브 바카라 inequality gap is widening further바카라 웹사이트everyday바카라 웹사이트and the country라이브 바카라 richest 1%, who now hold 60% of its total wealth, held less than 21% in the late 1930s. The growing divide, he said, is detrimental to India라이브 바카라 democracy and “we as public representatives must be seen to be more responsive to our country라이브 바카라 socio-economic realities”.
According to reports, MPs remuneration includes a basic salary of Rs 50,000 per month, Rs 45,000 as constituency allowance amongst several other allowances. “The government roughly spends Rs 2.7 lakh per MP per month in this country. In the year바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트crore (Rs 1760 million) was spent on the 543 MPs of the Lok Sabha alone,”바카라 웹사이트the newspaper quoted Varun Gandhi as saying.
He also suggested creating an independent, statutory body to ascertain the affordability of the move and the need for an increase in바카라 웹사이트fiscal바카라 웹사이트compensation for MPs.
This comes days바카라 웹사이트after a survey바카라 웹사이트report바카라 웹사이트found that the richest 1% in India cornered 73% of the wealth generated in the country in 2017. The figures바카라 웹사이트presented a worrying picture of the rising income inequality in the country.바카라 웹사이트
Congress president Rahul Gandhi had then took바카라 웹사이트 himself to Twitter, saying, “Dear PM, Welcome to Switzerland! Please tell DAVOS why 1% of India라이브 바카라 population gets 73% of its wealth? I’m attaching a report for your ready reference.”바카라 웹사이트
