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Employees in many departments, including government educational institutes, have not been receiving salaries for want of funds. Contractual employees were facing innumerable hardships in their lives due to low salaries, she said. “These MLAs will get various pay and perks from the government and government accommodations. The government should decrease salaries and pension of political leaders.”Jagdish Thakur, general secretary of Punjab State Ministerial Association, said giving cabinet minister ranks to close MLAs meant government was in a sound financial condition. The salaries and pension of MLAs get increased every now and then while employees have to struggle for their genuine rights,” he said..