Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 24

The BJP today flayed the Capt Amarinder government for accepting “lopsided” recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission, forcing government employees to go on strike.

In a statement, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh demanded resignation of Finance Minister Manpreet Badal for having failed to vet the recommendations of the commission in view of the hardship faced by government employees and said if the BJP came to power in the state, it would revise the recommendations of the commission to help employees.

He said the Congress government’s “insensitivity” towards the demands of doctors at a time when they were fighting Covid as frontline warriors was “reprehensible”. Chugh said the state government should have held discussions with the employees to hear their grievances before implementing the commission report.