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Parliament disruption: Congress MPs to forego daily allowance
Friday November 26, 2010 08:02:33 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
With the stalemate in parliament continuing, the Congress party
said Friday most of its MPs have decided not to take the daily
allowance in accordance with the principle of "no work, no pay".
"It is the individual decision of MPs. But we have come to know
that most MPs have decided to forego their daily allowance,"
Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told IANS.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said several
Congress MPs who met him over the last few days said they did not
want to take their daily allowance of Rs.2,000 as parliament was
getting adjourned without transacting any business.
"Though this is an individual decision, Congress MPs have decided
that they will not take their daily allowance from Nov 10," Bansal
said.
The minister said the loss to the exchequer due to disruptions in
parliament was very painful and added the principle of "no work,
no pay" should be followed.
Answering a query, Bansal said he personally felt the allowance
should be stopped for the days when parliament did not function.
"We are earnestly hoping members will come to parliament... I hope
parliament starts running," he said.
The minister said adjourning parliament sine die was not a
solution and the government had never given it a thought.
Each MP gets Rs.2,000 as daily allowance during the parliament
session.
Congress spokesperson and MP Manish Tewari had earlier written a
letter to the Lok Sabha secretariat, saying that he should not be
paid daily allowance on days when parliament did not function.
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