RJD leader Lalu Prasad wants the salaries of MPs raised to Rs.80,000 per month and the pension to Rs.100,000 per month. Guess why?
“We have an apprehension,” said Lalu Prasad. “All of us are going to retire once we have the women’s reservation bill passed. So, please make some arrangements,” he said evoking much laughter in the Lok Sabha.
Later, when Prasad found that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was not responding to his demand, he even sent a chit. Mukherjee merely smiled and passed on the same to United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi who was sitting by his side.
The finance minister eventually said there was an institutional mechanism that would look into it. “It is not possible for me, nor is it competent or within my powers to decide. “
