(MENAFN- KNN India) Stating that the West Bengal Government is against the policy of going for a strike which causes losses in crores, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged people to keep all financial institutions open on September 2 and not to support the bandh called by the Left Front trade unions.
The State Government has directed its employee not to take leaves between September 1 and 5.
'Thus, there exists a possibility of the state government employees going on leave for five days at a stretch, from September 1 to 5 with Saturday and Sunday falling in between. Taking a proactive step, the State Government clearly stated that employees will be show-caused if they take leave anywhere between September 1 and 5 without any genuine and serious cause,” she said.
Based on the reply of the employee to the show-cause, the concerned authorities will take the decision whether he or she would be eligible to get the leave and salary for that day. It would also leave a bad remark on their service record. The step was taken to ensure a healthy turnout on the day of the strike.
Bengal Chief Minister said that the state government has always been against bandh. 'We are against the policies of the Centre. People employed in industrial units may have some problem. I am not ruling it out. But there are other processes of sorting it out instead of going for a strike,” she said.
Meanwhile, reacting to this, General Secretary of CITU, Tapan Sen said that the strike will not be called off because despite continued persuasion by all the Central Trade Unions for sorting out the 12 point charter of demands involving demands of not only the workers but the entire common-folk, the Government of India adopted an arrogant non-responsive attitude while unilaterally taking one after another step towards imposing retrograde changes on the rights and working conditions of the workers, ignoring the oppositions of all the Central Trade Unions and federations including BMS. (KNN Bureau)