Bhopal, Aug 28: Old pension scheme (OPS) will be brought backed by the Congress if elected to power in Madhya Pradesh in Assembly polls scheduled for November this year, state unit chief Kamal Nath said on Sunday.
The old pension scheme was replaced with a new mechanism by the Union government in 2004, and MP too opted for the latter at the time.
“The pension of government employees, which was stopped by the Shivraj (Singh Chouhan) government, will be restored as soon as the Congress government is formed in Madhya Pradesh,” Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Mr Nath announced.
He also announced to provide a monthly incentive of Rs 1,500 to women, an LPG cylinder at Rs 500 and free electricity up to 100 units, if Congress returned to power in the state in the year-end assembly elections.
He also promised to ensure a 27 percent quota in educational institutions and government jobs for the other backward class (OBC) people, write off crop loans of farmers, free electricity to farmers for five horsepower pumps for irrigation, assure electricity supply for 12 hours for irrigation, and withdraw cases filed against farmers during the farmers’ stir in the state.
Mr Nath said that Congress if it forms government in the state in the forthcoming assembly elections, would conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, reacting to the sops announced by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for women, Mr Nath said that they were all ‘hollow’ election pledges.
He said that the chief minister should explain why he could not implement all these promises earlier during his 18-year rule in the state.
