Kolkata, March 30 (). West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that state government employees illegally recruited during the previous Left Front rule are agitating for dearness allowance (DA) arrears is baseless. This was said by the joint forum of the employees.
Addressing a gathering on Wednesday in her sit-in protest against the Center over non-payment of state dues, Mamata Banerjee claimed that those who got jobs during the previous government on the basis of recommendations by ruling party leaders They are agitating for dearness allowance.
He said, why should I consult him? They are all thieves and dacoits. Apart from this, goons associated with BJP are now making tall claims in this matter.
On Thursday morning, office-bearers of the United Forum of State Government Employees, which is spearheading the agitation on the DA issue, termed the allegation as baseless and expressed displeasure over the Chief Minister comparing DA agitators to thieves and dacoits.
Joint Forum Convenor Bhaskar Ghosh said, Chief Minister’s allegation is baseless. Will she be able to prove her allegations? If she can, we will honor her on behalf of state government employees. If she can’t, she will have to face the consequences.
A woman protester said that if she had got the job illegally, she would have sat on the Trinamool Congress dais instead of joining the agitators demanding their legitimate dues.
The protesters said, everyone is aware of the kind of irregularities in the recruitments done during the present regime. The chief minister often takes pride in receiving national and international accolades for state government projects. She is forgetting that these rewards do not come until the employees put in their best efforts. Now the state government is not only depriving those employees of their legitimate dues but is also calling them thieves.
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