Bhopal: Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday decided not to refund their salaries, demanding the MP government to use the funds for the state’s development.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Umang Singhar has announced that party MLAs are willing to donate their salaries to the state government to carry out development works in Madhya Pradesh.
Our constituencies have been neglected because there is no development work in our area. Due to lack of budget of the provincial government, the development work has not been done. Therefore, we offer to donate our salaries to help the government use its funds for the development of the state,” he said.
In the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the Congress has 64 MLAs while the ruling BJP has 163 MLAs.
Meanwhile, Congress MLAs staged a protest in the Madhya Pradesh assembly premises on Thursday, holding water pipes and tap nozzles, alleging corruption in the state’s ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ project.
The MLAs of the party protested by reaching the place where Mahatma Gandhi’s effigy was placed in the assembly premises.
Alleging corruption in the project, Sinhar said that although pipes and water were installed in some places, they were always dry.
He said that although the state government has promised to investigate the implementation of the project, no action has been taken so far.