Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said there was a decline in the revenue generation of Governments during the lockdown.

Sharing the figures, he said that there was a decrease of about Rs 2,300 crore in the State revenue during the month of March 2020 and a decrease of Rs 4,000 crores in the month of April was estimated.

The Chief Minister said that to ensure that there was no shortage of funds for the necessary expenditure the state government might have to take loans for which the leaders of all the Opposition parties had given consent, as it is the priority of the government to tackle the pandemic.

He also expressed gratitude to the leaders of all the political parties of the state for the show of solidarity with the government at every step during this hour of national crisis due to Corona virus.

After a video-conferencing with the Leader of the Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, State Presidents of all the political parties, MLAs and some members of the cabinet, the Chief Minister said that he was satisfied that the opposition parties appreciated the steps being taken by the government and the efforts of the officers and employees of all the departments to fight the Corona virus.

He said all the ministers of the state government have agreed to contribute Rs 51 crore from their voluntary fund towards Haryana Corona Relief Fund.

He said that in the same way, the MLAs have agreed to contribute 30 percent of their monthly salary for one year and the former MLAs have agreed to contribute one month’s pension towards the state corona relief fund.

He said leaders of all political parties assured that their workers would work together up to the booth-level to maintain social harmony.

MLAS TO CONTRIBUTE 30 PC OF MONTHLY SALARY FOR 1 YEAR; POLITICAL PARTIES EXTEND SUPPORT TO GOVT EFFORTS

All political parties of Haryana on Wednesday appreciated the efforts being made by the State Government to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the efforts being made for the procurement of crops despite the financial crisis, during a meeting presided over by Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar through video conferencing.

The parties unanimously decided to fight COVID-19 and to fulfill the basic needs of every individual in the State at all costs during this time. All the party leaders assured their unstinted support in every decision and effort made by the State Government.

During the meeting, all the parties also agreed that all the MLAs would make a contribution of at least 30 percent of their monthly salary for one year, political parties and former MLAs will contribute according to their capacity, to the Haryana Corona Relief Fund, the Government will take a loan if required and tehsils will start registration work, keeping in mind social distancing.

The hard work being done by the state's health workers, police personnel, district administration, and social institutions as well as contribution by the employees of the State Government to the tune of over Rs 70 crore in the Haryana Corona Relief Fund was appreciated by one and all.

It was also generally agreed in the meeting that in future, the State Government should form a consensus after consulting the employees' unions about the salary and contribution of the employees.

State Presidents of all political parties said that they are with the State Government in this hour of crisis.

The Chief Minister appealed to the leaders of all the political parties that in order to deal with this pandemic in this hour of crisis, activists of all parties should rise above political differences and work in solidarity by encouraging social harmony at booth level and ensure that not a single person in the State goes to sleep hungry.

The Presidents of all political parties, leader of opposition and other politicians discussed various steps taken by the State Government so far to fight the COVID-19 and welcomed the decisions wholeheartedly.

Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala, Health Minister, Anil Vij, Power Minister, Ranjit Singh, Leader of Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, BJP State President, Subhash Barala, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee President, Kumari Selja, Chairman Jananayak Janata Party, Nishan Singh, MLA Indian National Lok Dal, Abhay Singh Chautala, MLA Haryana Lok Hit Party, Gopal Kanda also expressed their views and assured their support to the government at every step of the way in this hour of national crisis.