Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday accused AFC MP Sheila Holder of producing a study which deliberately misrepresents the state of the Old Age Pension Programme and called on the opposition member to apologise or resign as a parliamentarian.
Defending the Pension Programme during her contribution to the 2011 Budget Debate, Manickchand rejected Holder’s assertion that the government was diverting funds through the Pension Scheme and accused her of illogical arguments. Manickchand also argued that there were several plausible reasons for the increase in the number of old age pensioners in recent years. Holder was not in the House at the time of Manickchand’s presentation.
While presenting on Tuesday evening, Holder had accused the
