LUCKNOW, Dec. 23 -- Opposition MLCs raised the old pension scheme (OPS) issue in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on the second day of the winter session on Monday.

The Samajwadi Party MLCs also asked finance minister Suresh Khanna if any decision was taken to reinstate the OPS and if there was there any kind of resentment among the state employees in this regard. SP member Ashutosh Mishra asked about the number of applications received from various organisations for reinstating the OPS.

Dhruv Kumar Tripathi, elected from teachers constituency, asked minister Jaswant Singh Saini about the withheld relief allowances of retired teachers and employees working in educational institutions in light of the Covid pandemic. As the member wa...