These days, both the State and Central Governments are facing agitations by different organisations including Government employees and Sarafa traders.
The State Government employees and contract employees are agitating for the past few days, while the strike by Sarafa traders has reached the 14th day on Friday.
Similarly, another section of the employees, pachayat secretaries and assistant secretaries were on strike which affected the development works in villages. One per cent excise duty was increased and Sarafa traders are on strike against this decision of central Government.
The traders are against transit pass and check posts and for this they have conducted the strike. Besides, the contractual employees are also on strike seeking their regularisation.
The traders have clearly indicated through their strike that they would reconsider the issue of strike, only if their demand is met first. Representatives of Chamber of commerce have gone to Delhi to meet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed the matter. After the discussion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that he would consider this but the traders have to call off the strike. Traders are on hunger strike against the increase in excise duty. In Morar and lashkar Traders are on strike.
For the last several days, thousands of contract employees are on strike. The contract health employees Sangh wants regularisation of employees’ services.
The administration has given ultimatum to all the employees and traders to call off their strikes. CHMOs might issue notices to the contract employees that they would be terminated from the services. On the contrary health employees have said that whatever decision Government will take they would not call off the strike unless they are regularised.