As CM Amarinder Singh held pre-cabinet conferences along with his colleagues in two batches on Thursday, cupboard ministers Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa put a situation to attend within the absence of Chief Principal Secretary to the CM, Suresh Kumar.
Finally, Kumar stayed away from each these conferences that came about on Thursday and, based on sources, vowed to not attend any assembly with the ministers in future. He was additionally very upset along with his absence within the sub-committee assembly concerning the regularization of contractual workers.
CM Amarinder Singh had referred to as a pre-cabinet assembly to succeed in a consensus on the Sixth Pay Commission. The CM met his cupboard ministers in two batches at his official residence in Sector 2, through which Kumar remained absent.
Sarkaria and Randhawa are understood to have instructed the chief minister’s secretary MP Singh on Wednesday that they might not attend the pre-cabinet assembly if Kumar would attend and stroll out. It is discovered that Kumar had despatched a message to Sarkaria that he ought to attend the assembly and wouldn’t attend any assembly in future.
Recently there was an altercation between Sakariya and Kumar. Since then, Sarkaria has been in opposition to the retired IAS officer and is known to have complained to the Kharge panel that the state was dominated by bureaucrats and the political class was ignored. Sarkaria, as soon as thought-about near the CM, is now supporting the insurgent ministers.
Amarinder met Sarkaria, Sukhjinder Randhawa and Charanjit Channi and some others within the first assembly. The second assembly was attended by Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, Vijayinder Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, OP Soni, Aruna Chaudhary and Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and others. Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal was current in each the conferences.
Finance Secretary KAP Sinha made a presentation to the ministers. It was determined that the suggestions of the Pay Commission could be applied and the workers could be given a rise in pay. With impact from January 1, 2016, the arrears of Rs 13,000 crore can be given in two installments of Rs 1500 crore yearly. The first installment can be given instantly and the second in November. The cupboard can provide formal approval to this choice on Friday.
The fee has beneficial a greater than two-fold improve within the salaries of all workers with impact from January 1, 2016. The authorities has already paid 5 per cent interim aid to the workers, costing the state exchequer Rs 25,000 crore.
CM, Bajwa’s wrestle at work
AMID speculations that Navjot Singh Sidhu could also be given a key function within the Congress group in Punjab, efforts are on to get CM and Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa to bury the hatch and get again collectively. There was speak of a secret assembly between Amarinder and Bajwa on Wednesday in get together circles. Bajwa denied these reviews.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
