MLAs demand revision of salary, pension in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: Legislators cutting across partylines on Friday demanded a hike in their salary and upward revision of pension of former MLAs.

Raising the issue during the zero hour, the MLAs urged Speaker Surama Padhy to issue necessary direction to the state government in this regard.

Opposition chief whip Pramila Mallik reasoned that the last salary revision of MLAs was done in 2017. There is an urgent need for revision now as the cost of living has gone up significantly in the last eight years. The pension of the former MLAs should also be revised commensurately, she said.