Political Pulse: Gujarat government employees hit the streets, but BJP unruffled

 They number more than seven lakh and, whenever joined behind a reason, convey the solidarity to influence discretionary governmental issues in Gujarat, which goes to the surveys not long from now. Yet, in spite of state government representatives hitting the roads of Gandhinagar on Monday to get the organization to acknowledge two of their requests, the decision BJP appears to be formed.

Held at Satyagraha Chhavni, a spot inseparable from different public exhibitions in the state Capital, the dissent was coordinated by the National Old Pension Restoration United Front (NOPRUF) and the Gujarat State United Front, the two umbrella associations of state government representatives. The dissent saw 72 relationship of various frameworks, for example, income authorities, panchayat representatives, wellbeing workers, representatives of modern preparation organizations, workers of local vehicle workplaces, and educators take an interest.

The demonstrators requested the execution of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) rather than the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and required the abrogation of a fixed-wage strategy for different frameworks of the organization.

"Our most significant interest for the state government is the rebuilding of OPS. The state government has carried out NPS with no interest from workers," said Rakesh Kanthariya, public counsel and the individual accountable for the NOPRUF in Gujarat.

Calling attention to the disadvantages of NPS, he added, "In the OPS, the representative and their family were getting 50% of their last compensation as annuity. Also, that annuity was being overhauled according to the dearness routinely. In the NPS, the public authority cuts 10% of General Provident Fund (GPF) cash from the compensation of the worker consistently while contributing a similar sum and in the long run stores it in NPS Trust (for the representative). Also, at the hour of retirement, the representative needs to purchase a benefits item from three of the elements reserved by the public authority from that cash. In NPS, how much benefits one gets is exceptionally restricted whenever contrasted with the one under OPS. Also, this sum will stay fixed or distinct regardless of the pace of expansion. The OPS gets modified routinely according to the pace of expansion."

The NOPRUF official said all state government workers enlisted after 2005 had been selected under NPS. "By embracing NPS, the state government needs to clean up off its liability towards benefits of its workers. At the point when the public authority is working for a government assistance state, it ought to execute OPS," he added.

Kanthariya said West Bengal was the main state not to have embraced NPS. As of late, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have likewise returned to OPS. "In 2009, the focal government presented an adjustment of the NPS under which in the event that an administration worker kicks the bucket during his administration, his family will be qualified for get annuity benefits under OPS. Gujarat government has not affected that change by any means. Along these lines, there are situations where groups of state representatives, who passed on ahead of schedule during their administrations, they get pitiful sum like Rs 1,425 as month to month benefits," he added.

The NOPRUF official said his association had met Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Finance Minister Kanu Desai over its requests. "They sounded extremely certain about it, yet nothing has occurred," he added.

Cancelation of fixed-wage strategy

The other key interest of the nonconformists is the annulment of the fixed-wage strategy that was carried out in 2006. Under this, some administration workers are delegated to different unit posts on a proper compensation for a long time. They are regularized as state government workers following five years and that period isn't viewed as while representing their administration status. At first, a few workers enrolled under the strategy got a compensation of Rs 2,500, however it was consequently reconsidered following fights and raised to at least Rs 19,950 every month.

The Gujarat High Court struck down the arrangement in January 2012 while following up on a public interest suit (PIL) request. Nonetheless, the public authority tested the decision in the Supreme Court where the matter is forthcoming.

The dissenters additionally requested that the public authority pay them stipends according to the arrangements of the Seventh Pay Commission.

Gujarat State United Front and Gujarat Primary Teachers' Association president Digvijaysinh Jadeja said no call had been given at this point to cast a ballot against the BJP. "However, on the off chance that our requests stay unfulfilled, it can harm the party in the Assembly decisions. One government representative can impact somewhere around 500 people straightforwardly or in a roundabout way. One can measure the effect of an administration representative in a political decision by this. There are 50-60 seats in Gujarat that are chosen by the edge of around 5,000-10,000 votes," he added.

However, making light of the effect of the Gandhinagar fight, a senior BJP pioneer said such exhibitions scarcely anily affect the party's constituent possibilities.

"I have been seeing such fights by express representatives' relationship starting around 1997-'98," the party functionary added. "Be that as it may, such fights anily affect races. With regards to constituent governmental issues, our party's Hindutva plan generally wins. Fights by state representatives are by and large smothered by talks and by satisfying a portion of their requests that are not exceptionally hindering to the state's funds. Truth be told, the representatives also accept that they are getting more than whatever their partners in different pieces of the nation are getting. Thus, they basically attempt to arm-contort the public authority through such fights before races to get their requests met."