Govt & Railway employees to go on hunger strike from tomorrow

Govt & Railway employees to go on hunger strike from tomorrow

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Jan 6: All Government and Railway employees will go on a gradual hunger strike from January 8 to 11 for restoration of Old Pension Scheme.
Decision in this regard was taken in the recently held Steering Committee meeting of Old Pension Scheme Restoration Joint Forum (JFROPS) and the Standing Committee meeting of All India Railway Men’s Federation.
According to a handout, all Government Railway employees will sit on a sequential fast/hunger strike from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm in front of Jantar Mantar, New Delhi as well as in their administrative offices, production units and units, demanding restoration of old pension including Defense, teachers and others constituents.
Convenor of JFROPS and General Secretary of AIRF, Shiva Gopal Mishra said that the restoration of the old Pension Scheme is the main issue of all those Central and State Government employees and Railway employees who have joined the Government service from 01-01-2004 and last year.