CPIM's trade union body to gherao Nabanna on Tuesday demanding payment of DA

KOLKATA: Ahead of May 22 Nabanna gherao by the peasants wing of the CPIM and other Left parties, CPIM's trade union body, State Co-ordination Committee will gherao the state administrative headquarters on Tuesday demanding immediate release of 6th pay commission report and release of dearness allowance (DA) to the state government employees.

A senior leader of the CPIM-run employees union of the state government employees said on Monday that they would assemble near the Howrah railway station on Tuesday to march to Nabanna to press for their demands to the state government.

"The state government is not releasing DA to it's employees. We are getting very poor amount as DA compared to what the Central government employees are enjoying. There is a huge gap between the DA we are getting and the DA enjoyed by the Central government employees. We are also demanding immediate release of 6th Pay Commission reports by the state government," said the leader.


On May 22, altogether eleven peasants organisations belonging to Left parties will gherao Nabanna in support of their 18-point charter of demands which include payment of support price to the farmers for their products. Before next month's Nabanna gherao, state government employees under the leadership of CPIM-run State Co-ordination Committee will gherao the state headquarters on Tuesday.