BJPs Suvendu Adhikari Welcomes Decision Of SC Directing WB Govt To Pay 25% DA To Employees

BJP chief and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Friday welcomed the verdict of the Supreme Court’s directing the West Bengal executive to pay 25% dearness allowance (DA) to state executive staff.

Adhikari additionally criticised the state executive and referred to as them “bankrupt”, additional mentioning that once the allowance used to be given, Mamata Banerjee would change into the previous Chief Minister.

“I welcome this…Today, the Supreme Court has said that DA is the right of the state government employees… This government is a completely bankrupt government… I am sure that pensioners will have to be given their DA along with arrears. After that, Mamata Banerjee will become the former Chief Minister, the BJP government will come and will give DA and all facilities equal to the central government and will also give jobs to unemployed youth,” Adhikari instructed ANI.

Earlier, BJP chief Amit Malviya termed the verdict as ‘primary victory’ for the workers and the state unit of his birthday celebration.

“This is a major victory for West Bengal government employees and BJP Bengal,” Malviya mentioned in a submit on XA bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta issued an meantime order directing the West Bengal executive to make the fee inside 3 months and posted the subject to be heard subsequent in August.

Malviya alleged that the West Bengal executive made more than one makes an attempt to extend lawsuits.

“After a long legal battle and multiple attempts by the state government–nearly 17 adjournments–to delay proceedings, the Supreme Court has finally delivered a landmark order. The court has directed the West Bengal government to pay at least 25% of the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears to its employees,” he mentioned.

He identified that to begin with, the Supreme Court instructed that the state pay 50% of the dues. However, senior recommend and Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing the Trinamool Congress-led state executive, argued that the state lacked the monetary capability to make this type of massive fee immediately.”

He claimed that this type of transfer would “break the back” of the state executive financially. If most effective Mamata Banerjee and her shut aides had no longer looted the exchequer with brazen impunity, there would were cash to pay the state executive staff,” he mentioned.

“This decision follows a May 2022 order by the Calcutta High Court directing the West Bengal government to pay DA to its employees at the Central Government rate. Yet, even after that order, the state continued to delay payments–failing both to disburse the rightful dues of government employees and to provide adequate employment opportunities to the youth,” he added.

Malviya mentioned that the BJP will make sure that executive staff in West Bengal obtain what they’re owed and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is held responsible.