Old pension scheme will be restored if Samajwadi Party wins UP assembly polls:Said, Akhilesh Yadav

Categories: Election 2022

      Former chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that the old pension scheme system will be restored for the retired employees if his party win the upcoming assembly elections and forms next government in Uttar Pradesh. 

     For a long time, the government employees have been demanding restoration of the old pension system, the Samajwadi Party chief said while speaking to the reporters.The Samajwadi Party Azamgarh MP further said that if his party comes to power, he will also revive the Yash Bharti awards. Akhilesh said that the Yash Bharti awards were set up to honour the people from Uttar Pradesh who had excelled in their fields.

    Talking about the old Samajwadi Pension Scheme, Akhilesh said that it will be started and each beneficiary will get Rs 18,000 financial assistant. While addressing a press conference at the party office in Lucknow, Yadav said "Samajwadi Pension Scheme will be started when SP come to power. Financial assistance of Rs 18,000 each will be given annually to underprivileged women and families below the poverty line (BPL) under this scheme."

     Akhilesh also said, "Earlier under this scheme, the financial assistance was given to Rs 6000 and there wasn`t a single-family in Bundelkhand who wouldn`t have been benefited."

Earlier in the day, Yadav said he will contest elections after taking permission from the people of Azamgarh. "I will contest elections after taking permission from the Azamgarh people," he said.