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SUNDERNAGAR, April 10

The Honorary Commissioned Officers’ Welfare Association has criticised the hike in the salaries and allowances of legislators. Members will request Governor Acharya Devvrat not to give his assent to the Bill passed by the Vidhan Sabha especially when the state was experiencing financial crunch.Talking to mediapersons, Jagdish Verma, president of the association, termed it the most unfortunate that within five minutes, the salaries and allowances of ministers, legislators and ex-legislators were enhanced without any discussion which was against the spirit of democracy.He said it exhibited the greed on part of the elected representatives of the public.He said it took more than 40 years to accept the one- rank, one-pension scheme that too after a lot of agitations.