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Hundreds of West Bengal authorities employees joined a State-wide onslaught called by Angrami Joutho Mancha, a rights group, implicit dearness allowance (DA) dues connected Friday. The protesters claimed that the State authorities hasn’t cleared the dues contempt a Supreme Court order.
The protestation comes aft a February 5 bid by the apex Court to wage 25% of the outstanding DA to its employees by March 31. Bhaskar Ghosh, State convener of Sangrami Joutho Mancha told The Hindu that their onslaught was successful. “We besides demanded that the 6 lakh government jobs vacant successful the State beryllium filled instantly with implicit transparency. We besides privation the contractual workers to beryllium made permanent,” Mr. Ghosh said.
‘Govt. threat’
Opposition parties, including the Bharatiya Janta Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), extended their enactment to the protesters. During the day, determination were allegations that protesters had stopped their colleagues from entering authorities offices, which led to a scuffle astatine the Khadya Bhavan, the office of the West Bengal Food and Civil Supplies Department. However, they denied the allegations and said they lone offered roses to employees and requested them not to articulation work.
A teacher of a government-aided superior schoolhouse said that they were warned of enactment by the authorities if they enactment successful the onslaught and would beryllium asked to explicate their lack from work. They expect that they volition get a show-cause notice, but hoped their wage volition not beryllium deducted. Attendance for March 13 was made compulsory by the government, and lone exigency leaves would beryllium considered.
Other authorities employees unions and organisations besides took portion successful the strike. Members of these forums staged protests extracurricular authorities offices crossed aggregate districts successful the State, including Bankura, Medinipur, and Malda.
Commenting connected the protests, BJP State president Samik Bhattacharya said Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities has “cheated” authorities employees and pensioners regarding DA.
“They person failed to wage the DA. This authorities volition not beryllium capable to wage the dues. The caller authorities [BJP] volition travel to powerfulness and commencement the Seventh Pay Commission wrong 45 days. This is our commitment,” Mr. Bhattacharya said. He added that they, arsenic the superior Opposition party, volition usage their presumption to assistance immoderate protester who has been harassed during the strike.
Meanwhile, TMC government worker unions person said that attendance astatine authorities offices has been precocious and claimed the onslaught was unsuccessful.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh criticised the protests and said that onslaught was lone held by immoderate factions of the BJP and near front.
