“Inhuman, Insensitive”: Rahul on Centre’s decision on dearness allowance

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has termed the government decision to freeze Dearness Allowance of Central government employees for a year as “insensitive and inhuman.”

The former Congress President in a tweet said: “Lakhs and crores are being spent on the Bullet Train and New Delhi”s Central Vista which should have been suspended, but the government has deducted DA of Central government employees and pensioners… It is insensitive and inhuman.”

“The tragic part is that by deducting this amount from January 1, 2020 up to 30th June, 2021 for a period of 1.5 years, the government of India proceeds to deduct almost Rs 38 thousand crore from the income of these middle class government employees and pensioners, who rely completely on the pay and pensions that they receive,” said Randeep Surjewala, chief spokesperson of Congress. There are about 50 lakh such serving government employees and about 62 lakh pensioners.