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PM Modi asks the law makers, who are demanding hike?

 

NEW DELHI:  The lawmakers’ delegation, which met the Prime Minister with a petition, was told that the members should help the government to cut down the expenditure, by Narendra Modi. The law makers are demanding for hike in their salary, but the government is not likely to agree the same.On Monday, a delegation, which includes all the members of BJP met the Prime Minister with a petition, which was signed by over 250 law makers. The petition was a request for increase in the MPs’ allowance as well as for salary hike of the law makers to develop their constituencies.The congress law maker of Bihar, Ranjeeta Rajan, said that the expenses are high and the salaries are quite low and the people from their constituencies come to Delhi and expect them to help them.Sitaram Yechury from the CPM said that the lawmakers shouldn’t decide their own pay and there should be a committee of outsiders to say what should be their hike.