AGARTALA, May 10 (TIWN): The 7th pay commission's demand is all in all for Tripura Govt Employees right now, fueled by Opposition BJP's promise to implement 7th Pay Commission if the Govt comes in power. A numbers of Govt employed under the banner of Congress backed 'Tripura Govt Employees Association' staged a 4 hour long protest at Post Office Chowmuhani, Agartala hitting the ruling CPI-M Govt and accusing the Govt for depriving its state govt employees for decades. When staging demonstrations, the teachers alleged, "The left front govt has proven itself as the ever-enemy of the Govt Employees. Amidst roars of protests the Govt has been strict to its deprivation policy and on April-5, 2017 instead of announcing pay commission, the Finance Minister has set up a Pay-Review Committee in attempt to intrigue against the govt employees once again".

The teachers further said, "The poor salary given to the employees here, amidst multiple demands is nothing but a major insult to them. The deprivation is highly intolerable and shame for the left front Govt".

However, whereas CPI-M state Secretary Goutam Das on May-8 claimed that Tripura has no beggar, but BJP leader Subal Bhowmik counter attacking Das's claim said, "We all are beggars in CPI-M regime. Employees are begging, unemployed are begging, farmers are begging pesticides, seeds ! So Tripura has 36 lakhs of beggar already".

The employees federation further placed 11 points of demands :

1. The Pay and Pension revision committee should be abolished,

2. 7th pay commission must be implemented soon,

3. DA gap should be abolished,

4. Instead of EPF, the Govt undertaken organization's employees should be facilitated with pensions like state govt employees who joined after 1995,

5. Teachers must be provided with Central Govt teachers' equal salary and other facilities,

6. All Teachers should be given Central level salary,

7. The transfer system must be more transparent and appropriate with the posts,

8. Irregular, fixed employees should be regularized,

9. From 2016 to 2018 the employees who went in retirement, they should be brought under modified pension rules and the gap should be filled up,

10. The Sports Teachers and other qualified teachers must be given salaries as per their qualifications,

11. The workers working in Govt undertaken projects, they should be given salaries, DAs from extra funds.