Kolkata, August 22: The massive salary hike for MPs came in for sharp criticism today by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who described it as shameful move amid people’s suffering due to food price inflation and asserted his party MPs did not support the move.
“My head goes down in shame. When the country’s people are reeling under huge food price inflation, their representatives are busy getting themselves such massive salary hike,” he said in a memorial meeting for a departed party leader while blaming the Congress for allowing the huge raise in salaries and perks.
“Some are not happy with this also and want more, which country are we living in?” a livid Bhattacharjee wondered.
He, however, disassociated CPI(M) MPs from the move, claiming “we believe in political ethics.
–Agencies