New Delhi: Going all the way out to defend the Delhi government’s decision of hiking the pay of Delhi legislators, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi should get a ‘pay hike’.
Stating that Rs 1 lac per month is not a unreasonable salary, Kejriwal said that if the salary of the PM is less than this, then even he must get a hike!
Defending the move, Kejriwal further said that even after the hike, the salary of the MLAs will not be even 120th fraction of what editors and top news anchors of media organisations earn.
However, the CM said that it was important to give legislators proper salaries and other facilities but “if they still indulge in corruption don’t spare them.”
Delhi Assembly had yesterday cleared a bill providing for hefty hike in salaries of MLAs and ministers. As per its provision, the basic salary of legislators will rise from current Rs 12,000 to Rs 50,000 and their overall monthly package will be around Rs 2.1 lakh as against Rs 88,000 at present.
