
Don’t take the pay raise: DNT tells its MPs
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In what is a reminder of the party’s motto of Narrowing the Gap, founding members and candidates of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) recently wrote to all its elected members, including the prime minister and ministers, suggesting them not to take the pay raise.The party office decided to send the letter on April 19 after a review of the Fourth Pay Commission report.

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