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 resentment among the state employees in this regard. SP member Ashutosh Mishra asked about the number of applications received from various organisations for reinstating OPS. Dhruv Kumar Tripathi, elected from teachers constituency, asked minister Jaswant Singh Saini about the withheld relief allowances of retired teachers and employees in light of the Covid pandemic. As the member was not satisfied with the minister's reply, chairman Kunwar Manvendra Singh directed that the matter be looked into. Leader of Opposition Lal Bihari Yadav, and SP lawmakers Rajendra Chaudhary, Man Singh Yadav, Mukul Yadav, Ashutosh Sinha, Balram Yadav, Kiran Pal Kashyap, and others gave notice regarding the government's discriminatory treatment of farmers in the state....