On the call of Madhya Pradesh Adhikari Karamchari Sanyukt Morcha, all the Government offices were locked down. Since morning, all the employees stopped the work. They were protesting in favour of their 71 demands and conducted the protest at Motimahal, where all the Government offices are situated.
Holiday was declared for the Health, Teachers who were on duty in examination centres and water resource offices. Due to the strike so many peoples returned empty handed from the Collectorate, PHE and Agriculture departments.
During the protest employees raised the demands for pay band, Increment, Salary in time, Daily wages employees should get the benefits, Adhyapak cadres should get merged in Education Department teachers and should get the promotion in time etc.
The daily routine work was affected adversely in PHE, PWD, Revenue Department, Irrigation department, Treasury, Agriculture department and Collectorate. People were disappointed after seeing the government departments closed.
Rajya Karamchari Sangh, Rajpatrit Adhikari Sangh, laghu Vetan Karmachari Sangh, Karmchari Congress, Shikshak Congress, Van Kamchari Sangh, Diploma Karmachari Sangh, Nigam Mandal, lipik Varg Sangh, Pashu Chikitsak Sangh, ITI, Patwari Sangh along with other government employees’ associations joined the strike.
Ranbir Singh Sikarwar, President of Madhya Pradesh Adhikari Karmchari Sanyukt Morcha Sangh said that the employees are on daylong strike and the demands are pending for several years. District Government employees also joined hands raising their demands at the Moti Mahal area, where all the offices are located.