According to reports, Rajya Sabha members on Friday once again raised the demand of increasing their salaries and questioned the government’s silence on the suggestions of a committee that had recommended salary hike for the members of parliament.
Notably, on various occasions MPs have said that their salary should more than that of a cabinet secretary.
Rajya Sabha
Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav in a statement said that their salary is lowest of all and their salary is lesser than MLAs of Delhi government, half of what a Maharashtra MLA gets.
In fact the congress leader Anand Sharma also supported the Samajwadi party leader. Several other members also supported the demand of the Mps.