100 per cent salary hike for Tamil Nadu MLAs, Rs 1.5 lakh per month salary now

Tamil Nadu MLAs today approved a 100 per cent salary hike for themselves. The MLAs would now get a monthly salary of Rs 1.5 lakh, a massive hike from their previous salary of Rs 55,000 per month.

The announcement regarding salary hike was made by CM E Palaniswami in the state Assembly today.

The generous hike in salary that the Tamil Nadu MLAs have gifted themselves has come at a time when farmers of the state are protesting loan waiver.

Moments before Palaniswami announced the salary hike for state MLAs, a similar demand was put forth by Samajwadi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Agrawal.

“Our salary is lesser than our secretaries,” Naresh Agrawal said amid chaotic scenes in the Rajya Sabha.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma also echoed similar sentiments while demanding a pay hike for MPs.

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