Government employees under the aegis of the Secretariat Action Council have announced an indefinite hunger strike from Monday protesting against the delay in the payment of salaries. The hunger strike will begin outside the Secretariat gates next to the sub-treasury at 11 a.m., Irshad M.S., convener of the Secretariat Action Council, said. The payment of salaries for February through the employee-Treasury Savings Bank (e-TSB) was hit on March 1 and March 2, prompting the action council to ramp up its protest.
While the Finance department attributed the problem to a ‘technical glitch,’ the Opposition-backed Secretariat Action Council has not bought this excuse. It attributed the non-payment to financial mismanagement of the CPI(M)-led LDF government.
