BJP Lok Sabha MP Varun Gandhi has spoken aloud what many of us think when he says that Members of Parliament must not hike their salaries themselves but accept the decision of a statutory body appointed to consider this. Most of our lawmakers are well-to-do and privy to a series of privileges — perks such as air and train travel, phone calls, accommodation. In fact, they must ponder over the point that people entering politics must serve the nation with only a token salary.
Varun Gandhi should have also raised the point about the need for MPs and MLAs getting lifetime pensions. Given that Mr. Modi wanted well-to-do LPG users to give up the gas subsidy, he should ask our lawmakers too to reconsider their demand.
Baru Rajendra Prasad,
Hyderabad
