Dimapur, Nov. 22 (EMN): Government employees in the Nagaland will continue with the Confederation of All Nagaland State Services Employees’ Association-led (CANSSEA) agitation. A group of employees’ organisations leading the protests issued a press release to the media on Wednesday.
The CANSSEA, Federation of Nagaland State Engineers Service Associations (FONSESA), Nagaland Secretariat Service Association (NSSA) and the Nagaland Finance &Accounts Services Association (NF&ASA) are said to have conducted a joint meeting on Nov. 22 at the Civil Secretariat in Kohima town.
The organisations have resolved to continue with the ongoing pen down strike till Nov. 24. “It is reiterated that the office bearers of all associations under the umbrella of the four associations ensures that the strike is strictly enforced in its respective offices.”
The groups informed also that the proposed meeting with the cabinet sub-committee on Nov. 22 was postponed as intimated to the four associations by the Home commissioner’s office.
“The second phase of agitation in the form of mass casual leave of 3 days will be enforced w.e.f 27/11/2017 till the government recommends the empanelled list to the DoPT/UPSC for selection into IAS.”
A reported meeting on Nov. 22 called by the convenor of the cabinet subcommittee with the associations “after expiry of the dateline i.e 21., 11-17 regrettably never took place,” the press release stated.
Further, the four associations have ‘rubbished the press statement and the derogatory accusations of the convener of the cabinet sub-committee as rendered in the local dailies on 22″d November 201 7 which is unbecoming of a senior minister and more so as the convenor to diffuse the ongoing crises.’
