Maoist attack on a Congress convoy killing senior Congress leaders among 30 others in Chhattisgarh on May 25 this year is having an unexpected fallout.
The Government employees in tribal Bastar region went on an indefinite strike on Friday demanding a ‘Risk and Tribal Area Allowance.’
During the first phase of their agitation last month, nearly 25,000 employees wore black badges and reached their offices and also threatened to go on indefinite strike if their demands were not met. The agitating employees on Friday staged a dharna in front of Divisional Commissioner's office in Jagdalpur to press their demands.
Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar called up Bastar Division Commissioner RP Jain and Director General (Jails) Girdhari Nayak from the Mantralaya to take necessary steps towards maintaining law and order in the region.
Ever since Maoists stepped up violence in tribal Bastar — particularly after the anti-Naxal movement Salwa Judum began in June 2005 — Government employees in the tribal Bastar region were demanding risk allowance and other benefits.