General people yesterday reacted strongly against the salary hike proposal for the employees of the state including the president and prime minister.
The cabinet at its regular meeting yesterday afternoon, approved the proposal to increase the salary of president, prime minister, chief justice, ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers, justices of the Supreme Court and members of parliament.
The government has doubled the salary and perks of ministers and MPs while there has been no significant change in the lives of commoners, said Harunur Rashid, an official of a private bank in the capital.
“I am an employee of a private firm. My company has not raised my salary,” he said.
The government also hiked salaries of its employees twofold in the new pay scale but there has been no change in the salary structure of private organisations, he said strongly reacting to the decision of the government.
Mahbuba Akhter, an employee of a private university, said: “The government has raised tax and VAT and now the high-profile people of the state will have increase in their salary - it is something playing with the lives of people.”
As the living cost had gone up the government may raise their salaries but it also should think about common people of the country.
“Tax and VAT are not paid only by the government servants and employees but also by people from all professions,” she added.
