“We will observe a pen-down strike on April 6. And a two-day protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on April 10-11,” said Joint Forum of State Government Employees member Bhaskar Ghosh
The location of the protest, which entered its 62nd day on Wednesday, was close to the Shahid Minar Ground where Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was addressing a public meeting.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegations that the state government employees, who had secured jobs "illegally" during the previous Left Front regime, are protesting against pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears are .
“To protest against this draconian step of detainment, we will stage a protest at all subdivisions on March 28, we will stage a hunger strike on March 29 and we will hold two rallies from Howrah station and Sealdah station on March 30,” Bhaskar said.