Chandigarh, March 7 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Wednesday faced questions in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha regarding the delay in the implementation of the old pension scheme (OPS) for government employees in the state.

The issue of the revival of OPS was raised by Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, who is also the Punjab Congress president, and Banga MLA Dr Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) during the zero hour on day four of the budget session. Both leaders demanded immediate implementation of the scheme. Warring said that Punjab employees are fighting for the implementation of OPS in place of the new pension scheme (NPS) which was introduced in 2004. The Congress MLA said the AAP government had...