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AP employees warn of intensified stir, meet on August 28
The Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee (JAC) Amaravati has warned the state government it will announce a fresh course of agitation if pending employee issues, including arrears and manifesto promises, are not…
The Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee (JAC) Amaravati has warned the state government it will announce a fresh course of agitation if pending employee issues, including arrears and manifesto promises, are not resolved immediately. JAC leaders said patience should not be mistaken for weakness after more than two years of the NDA regime.
The employee bodies have called a state-level meeting in Vijayawada on August 28 to decide the future agitation strategy. Division- and district-level leaders have been asked to attend in large numbers. The JAC has appealed to teachers, pensioners and secretariat associations to join a united movement. A failure to respond, the JAC warned, would trigger an intensified state-wide stir.
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The JAC Amaravati threat comes as Andhra Pradesh stares at a combined government salary and pension bill of roughly Rs 24,000 crore this year, a figure that rises steeply with each withheld Dearness Allowance instalment. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s coalition promised to clear arrears in its election manifesto, but the state's stretched resources, especially after the reorganisation of capital spending, leave little fiscal room for lump-sum settlements. The Vijayawada meeting on August 28 will show whether the NDA government can broker a staggered payment plan that satisfies employees or faces a coordinated strike in the run-up to the local body polls expected later this year.
Source: greatandhra.com
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