Chandigarh, May 2 -- Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday suggested that the government should stop the salaries of the chief minister, LoP, ministers, MLAs, as well as IAS and IPS officers until the pending dearness allowance (DA) dues of government employees and pensioners in the state are cleared.

Speaking in the House, Bajwa said that DA arrears are pending for nearly 7.5 lakh employees and pensioners in government departments, boards and corporations in the state, despite a court order for their release. "Till the time their pending DA instalments are cleared by the state government, the salaries of the chief minister, mine, ministers, MLAs, IAS officers, and IPS officers should be stopped. We should do this for t...