While the Kisan’s are left plundering the rummages, the Tamil Nadu MLAs are likely to get double the salary for the same old job. According to reports, the monthly salaries of the 234 MLAs in the state Assembly has been doubled from Rs 55,000 to Rs 1,05,000. The monthly pensions of the legislators were hiked to Rs 20,000.

MLA Local Area Development Scheme Funds has also been increased from Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.6 crore. Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agrawal on Tuesday had brought to the notice of the assembly that following the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, wages of MPs was less than their own secretaries. He, therefore, made a demand for raising wages and allowances of Members of Parliament (Mps).

"There is no industrial growth, while the state of revenue is very bad. This salary hike is disgusting," Narayanan Thirupathy, spokesperson of the state BJP, told CNN-News18. The saffron party also demanded that the principal Opposition party DMK oppose the pay hike.

On the other hand, some section of the Tamil Nadu farmers have been demanding a drought relief package of Rs 40,000 crore, farm loan waiver and setting up of Cauvery Management Board by the Centre.

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