Summary:
Addressing the rally, Federation joint secretary Anil Lavekar said the government has repeatedly failed to implement the seventh pay panel recommendations. However, gazetted officers stayed away from the strike but many of them went on leave.Hundreds of government employees participated in a protest rally from Bindu Chowk here to Town Hall. "We have been making the salary hike demand for the last two years and nothing has been done so far. "The government on Monday declared that the salary hike will be from January 1. However, the implementation is uncertain the date for the general elections may be advanced and the code of conduct will come into force," he said..