Chhattisgarh Contract Workers Strike: Assembly elections (Chhattisgarh Election 2023) are going to be held in Chhattisgarh at the end of this year. Earlier, the government has made announcements to satisfy the agitating employees. CM Bhupesh Baghel has increased the salary of 37 thousand contract employees by 27 percent. Apart from this, it has been decided to increase the dearness allowance of about 5 lakh government servants by 4 percent. Despite this, now the agitating employees are not satisfied with the announcements of the government.
In fact, on Wednesday, on the second day of the monsoon session, CM Bhupesh Baghel has made many big announcements. Most of the announcements in this are for the agitating employees. The salary of daily wage earners has been increased by Rs. 4000 per month. The salary of 1650 guest teachers has been increased by Rs. 2 thousand per month. It has been decided to give monthly resource allowance of Rs. And 10,000 panchayat secretaries will be given Rs 2500 to 3000 per month. Apart from this, they will also be given the benefit of ex-gratia amount up to Rs 10 lakh and reimbursement of medical expenses up to Rs 5 lakh.
CM’s announcement will benefit only 5 to 7 thousand employees
After the announcements of the government, now response has started coming from the agitating employees. Since July 3, 45,000 employees are sitting on an indefinite strike in Naya Raipur. Kaushalesh Tiwari, state president of the irregular union, said that this salary hike is equivalent to sprinkling salt in our wounds. Because only 5000 to 7000 contractual employees will be able to get the benefit of increment and these employees were also not given for the last four years. Contractual employees are currently agitating for regularization. The movement will continue till the government does not establish a dialogue for regularization.
Raman said that the contract workers got a tingle of 27%
Apart from this, former Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh, while targeting the announcements of the Chief Minister, said that the last quarter to five years were spent only in scams and exploitation of the people of the state, and now instead of fulfilling their promises even after seeing the elections, they are trying to trick the public. are doing. 5 lakh employees are waiting for 5 years, dearness allowance has been increased but when will their arrears be paid?
At the same time, he surrounded the government on the promise of regularization and said that after five and a half years, the contract workers have been given a tingle of 27%, when will the regularization happen?
CM Bhupesh Baghel told why employee cannot be permanent
On the other hand, in the matter of not regularizing the contract employees, CM Bhupesh Baghel said that the central government gets grants for the employees. Funded by the central government, especially the health department. In that 60 percent is the Government of India and 40 percent is ours. If we make it permanent, will the Government of India give 60 percent? As they make permanent, they will stop giving the amount. If the Government of India agrees, then we have no problem in doing it.
BJP’s cooperation is needed in this. If the Government of India is ready to give money even after making it permanent, then it is ready to give it to those government servants. All the other departments have contractual employees under those schemes. We have increased the salary of 37 thousand government employees.
