Govt spoke its mind through Chief Secretary: Ashok Babu
Associations leaders should stop betraying employees
AMARAVATI: TDP MLC Paruchuri Ashok Babu on Tuesday slammed the YSRCP Government for trying to ‘do injustice’ to the employees by reducing fitment from the expected 27 percent to just 14 percent in the next pay revision.
Ashok Babu said the Government has revealed its ulterior plans through the Chief Secretary committee’s unjust report. If the AP Government could not give 30 percent fitment like in Telangana, it should at least have considered 27 percent. It was atrocious that the CS-led committee spoke about giving 27 percent fitment to Secretaries while suggesting just 14 percent to the State Government employees.
Addressing a press conference here, the TDP MLC asked how the YSRCP rulers could punish the employees and destroy their future prospects because of their Government’s own self-made mistakes and blunders. Without considering the State’s financial position, the YCP regime took many wrong decisions. The Rs. 6,000 Cr burden was not because of the Government employees but because of the volunteers, grama sachivalayas and RTC employees merger.
Ashok Babu said that like nowhere else in the country, the Jagan Reddy regime brought in a ‘reverse PRC’ in Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Secretary’s report has badly hurt the
sentiments of the employees. The CS should realise that there would be a lot of difference between the pay scales and DA of the Central services and State Government employees. This Government has been crushing the employees since the beginning.
The TDP MLC said that the CS report has also revealed that the Government was not ready to give the PRC at all. In the past, pressure was brought and made the Chandrababu regime to concede fitment on a par with the Telangana employees and also 10 months arrears. No other Chief Secretary in history has said that fitment would not be given to the State Government employees on a par with the Central services.
Ashok Babu asked how the committee could suggest just 9 months PRC when the employees were expecting 60 months. It was unfortunate that the employees’ associations were still adopting a soft stand towards the Government. The NGO JAC and other JAC leaders were travelling in Innova cars luxuriously while the lower level employees were suffering due to lack of GPF advances.
The TDP MLC deplored that the employees were not able to meet expenditure on marriages and functions. Already, over Rs. 1,000 GPF advances were stopped due to the indifference of the Government. Another misinformation was being spread that 36 percent Government funds were being spent on employees salaries. This was nothing but a lie and betrayal.
Ashok Babu said the Government revenue came down between 2018`19 and 2020-`21 because of lack of industrial growth and development. While the Government’s inefficiency caused income drop, the Chief Secretary committee was atrociously saying employees’ salaries have gone up. The RTC merger has placed an additional burden of Rs. 2,300 Cr.
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