Mega protest. Employees nationwide convened at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, urging the reinstatement of the Old Pension Scheme in a large-scale protest. Organised by the National Movement For Old Pension Scheme (NMOPS), the demonstration sought to transfer responsibility from the state to the central government upon the scheme's restoration. Watch.
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00:00 This time, the government should give us the old pension.
00:04 Government employees from across India gathered at Delhi's Ram Leela Maidan demanding the
00:11 restoration of the old pension scheme in a massive protest.
00:15 Organized by the National Movement for Old Pension Scheme, NMOPS, the protest aimed to
00:20 shift the responsibility from state to central government if the old pension scheme is reinstated.
00:26 The NMOPS warned that if the central government does not restore the old pension scheme, they
00:31 will launch a campaign called Vote for OPS ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
00:37 Opposition leaders including Congress' Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Aamadvi Party's Sanjay Singh
00:41 and BSP's Shyam Singh Yadav supported the protest.
00:47 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed his support, highlighting that the city government
00:52 had already requested the implementation of the old pension scheme for government employees
00:56 in Delhi.
00:57 The Congress Party meanwhile endorsed the protesters, asserting that the old pension
01:01 is the right of the employees.
01:04 They called on the central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to restore
01:08 the old pension scheme as a tribute to the dedicated workers serving the country.
01:13 Notably, five states of India, namely Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab and Himachal
01:19 Pradesh, reverted to the old pension scheme.
01:24 West Bengal, on the other hand, never adopted the new pension scheme.
01:28 The protest also underlines the widespread demand for the restoration of the old pension
01:33 scheme and draws attention to the sentiments of government employees across the nation.
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