STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Various teachers and other employees' associations have decided to take to the streets as the State Government is still reluctant to restore the Old Pension System (OPS) for the officers, teachers, police personnel and employees.
Addressing the media today, All Assam Government NPS Employees' Association (AAGNPSEA) president Achyutananda Hazarika said that on August 22, 2022, the employees of the State government raised their protest against the government's reluctance to restore the OPS through a one-day non-cooperation demonstration. "Since the government is willfully avoiding the issue, officers, teachers, police personnel and employees residing in the state will take out a daylong Pada Yatra on November 8, 2022, to Dispur. At least 50,000 employees, teachers, officers, 100 employee leaders from across the country and representatives of 100 leaders from various State Government employees/ teachers organizations and prominent personalities of the state will walk for the restoration of OPS. This is the unanimous decision of 'joutha sanmilan' held today in the state office of Assam College Teachers' Association, Guwahati," said Hazarika.
"A definite pension is a right for a government employee. On August 22, 2022, all officers, employees, teachers, and police personnel demonstrated and demanded before the government in one voice to restore the Old Pension System for all officers, employees, teachers, and police personnel of Assam. In the last month, no response has come from the government. It is surprising. We are not sure whether the decision makers understand the issue or if they are waiting for a social crisis for NPS. But the employees of Assam cannot wait. We are starting a series of democratic demonstrations and pada yatra," Hazarika said.
Hazarika said that more than 120 teachers and employees' associations would support AAGNPSEA in all activities. Assam College Teachers' Association, All Assam Heads of Department Ministerial Association, All Assam District Administration Employees Union, Sadou Asom Karmachari Parishad, All Assam Universities Employees' Federation, All Assam Judicial Employees Association,
Sadou Asom Sanmilita Shikshak Mancha and its associates (Assam State Primary Teachers Association, All Assam Higher Secondary Teachers and Employees' Association, All Assam ME Teachers Association, All Assam Buniyadi Teachers Association, All Assam Junior College Teachers Employees Association, All Bodo Primary Teachers Association, Assam, Assam High School Teachers Association, Assam Primary TET Qualified Teachers Forum, All Assam State Pool Teachers Association), Joint Council of Trade Unions (JCITU), North East Employees Federation, Assam State Employees Federation, University Employees Federation, Assam State Teachers-Employees (2013 new provincialzed) Association, Assam High School Retired Teachers Employees Association, Assam Electricity Employees Movement for OPS, All Assam Secondary Graduate Teachers Association, Assam Secondary Teachers and Employees Association , All Assam University Employees Mahasangha, GU Teacher Association, GU Workman Association, GU Employees Association, GU Officers Association, All Assam Mandal Kanongo Association, All Assam DIET Officers Association, All Assam Women Employees Association, All Assam Grade-4 Government Employees Federation, All Assam State Pool Teachers Association, All Assam Junior College Teachers and Employees Association, All Assam Janasangyog Employees Association etc., will attend the meeting, Hazarika said.
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