The strike by government employees and officials in Chhattisgarh echoed in the Assembly on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raised the issue during Zero Hour.
BJP MLA from Raipur South Brijmohan Agrawal said that government employees were on strike seeking dearness and house rent allowances. He said the Congress government had not fulfilled its pre-poll promises.
Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik said that for the first time all government employees had gone on strike. Schools and government officers were closed on Monday, he said. He urged Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to invite the employees unions for talks.