Stalin Sees Poll Motive In TN CM Raising Retirement Age; Mum On DMK-Congress Seat-sharing

Link: https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/politics/stalin-sees-poll-motive-in-tn-cm-raising-retirement-age-mum-on-dmk-congress-seat-sharing.html

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DMK president MK Stalin on Thursday hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami for raising the retirement age of government employees to 60 years, saying the announcement was made with an eye on the forthcoming assembly elections in the state. Though increasing the retirement age of state government employees was welcome, it appears that the announcement was made with the elections in mind, Stalin alleged.

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“Raising the retirement age is welcome, albeit the announcement made for the election,” the DMK leader said in a Facebook post on Thursday. He said the Chief Minister should have fixed the age criteria of 60 years when he had increased the retirement age to 59 from 58 years in May last year.

Publication Date: 26 February 2021

Publication Site: RepublicWorld.com