SHIMLA: Thousands of protesting state government employees, covered under the New Pension Scheme (NPS), gheraoed the state legislative assembly here on Thursday in support of their demand for the implementation of the old pension scheme. The police tried to stop the protester near 103 Tunnel and the near the assembly complex by using water canons and setting up barricades, but a large number of them managed to gherao the assembly.
Meanwhile, the issue was even raised inside the House and opposition Congress staged a walkout after the speaker turned down an adjournment notice to discuss it.
