Summary:
As a result, employees were perturbed over the apathetic attitude of the state government over their demands. They said the employees were against the professional tax imposed by the government and demanded that it should be abolished. The federation demanded that midday meal workers and ASHA workers should be given salary like regular employees. They said for employees who were recruited after 2004, the contributory pension scheme should be cancelled and the employees should be brought under the old pension scheme. The protest was led by district president of the federation Hans Raj Bajwa and state vice-president Karamjit Behla and Kuldeep Sharma..