The contributory pension and the retirement age hike
to 60 are twaddle schemes from the seventy five plus Finance Minister of the
State K M Mani. Mani was minister and MLA for several years and what his
contribution to the state of Kerala is anybody’s guess The Oommen Chandy
government mulling to introduce contributory pension scheme for government employees
should be objected out rightly.
To ease the mounting financial burden on the state
it is unwise to raise the pension age. What actually needed is the compulsory
retirement of those seventy five plus politicians like Mani, Aryadan etc from
the cabinet. Their portfolios should be handed over to youngsters of their own
party. The aged leaders may be permitted to do a lot of political work, nevertheless, there
should be a moratorium for the work of those very old people as ministers without any
tangible contribution the state. If Mani smells an explosive situation in the state
because of very large number of pensioners he could relinquish the post of Finance minister and if
not willing he could make arrangement to decapitate the pensioners!
What Mani and Chandy said when UDF ministry sworn in, about creating 25000 additional jobs in the State, stands as a joke and none is now bothered about it.
K A Solaman
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