Madhya Pradesh govt reduced workers’ retirement age, says Kamal Nath; CM Chouhan calls it ‘rumour’
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On the final day of campaigning for Madhya Pradesh Assembly bypolls, State Congress chief Kamal Nath on November 1 accused the BJP dispensation within the State of lowering the retirement age of Class-IV authorities workers, which Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan dubbed as a “rumour“.
In a tweet, Mr. Nath said the ruling BJP has brought down the age of retirement of Class-IV employees from 62 years to 60 years, prompting the BJP government to issue a clarification about it.
“The decision by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to reduce the retirement age of Class IV employees from 62 years to 60 years again. This is deception with Class IV employees. This decision will create a crisis for them,” Mr. Nath mentioned in on Twitter.
Mr. Chouhan replied to the Congress chief’s tweet saying, “You are spreading rumours seeing the imminent defeat of Congress [in the by-elections]. This disgusting work can only be done by you and your party.”
Mr. Chouhan mentioned that the State governments order was solely meant for the short-term class-fourth workers appointed within the Ministers employees.
“On the contrary, the State government has increased the age limit for such employees [appointed in Minister’s staff during their tenure] to 60-years, which was so far 40- years,” he mentioned.
Later within the day, the State authorities’s General Administration Department issued a clarification on this regard.
It mentioned that there isn’t any change within the age restrict for Class IV workers, aside from these appointed briefly within the Minister’s employees throughout their tenure.
Mr. Nath later thanked the federal government for the clarification and mentioned that the Congress would proceed to battle for the rights of the workers.
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