Varun Gandhi Wants Rich MPs To Forego SalaryTo Reduce Inequality Gap In India

According to a report by The , Gandhi has said that parliamentarians in India currently have the authority to determine their remunerations. 

바카라�..my request to you Madam Speaker, is to initiate a movement aimed at the economically advantaged MPs, to forego our remuneration for the remainder of this 16th Lok Sabha,바카라� two-time MP Gandhi wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. 바카라�Freezing our salaries for the rest of the 16th Lok Sabha would also be seen as a welcome step in this direction.바카라�

Gandhi said India바카라�s inequality gap is widening further everyday and the country바카라�s richest 1%, who now hold 60% of its total wealth, held less than 21% in the late 1930s. The growing divide, he said, is detrimental to India바카라�s democracy and 바카라�we as public representatives must be seen to be more responsive to our country바카라�s socio-economic realities바카라�.

According to reports, MPs remuneration includes a basic salary of Rs 50,000 per month, Rs 45,000 as constituency allowance amongst several other allowances. 바카라�The government roughly spends Rs 2.7 lakh per MP per month in this country. In the year  crore (Rs 1760 million) was spent on the 543 MPs of the Lok Sabha alone,바카라� the newspaper quoted Varun Gandhi as saying.

He also suggested creating an independent, statutory body to ascertain the affordability of the move and the need for an increase in fiscal compensation for MPs.

This comes days after a survey report found that the richest 1% in India cornered 73% of the wealth generated in the country in 2017. The figures presented a worrying picture of the rising income inequality in the country. 

Congress president Rahul Gandhi had then took  himself to Twitter, saying, 바카라�Dear PM, Welcome to Switzerland! Please tell DAVOS why 1% of India바카라�s population gets 73% of its wealth? I바카라�m attaching a report for your ready reference.바카라�