About 8 lakhs Central Government employees took part in the 48
hour (two day) general strike yesterday and today organised by the Indian
working class as per the call of the Joint platform of 11 Central Trade Unions
of the country. Besides 5 lakh Defence Civilian employees are also reported to
have participated in this historic action.
The Strike was total and cent per cent in Income tax and Postal
departments. The participation ranged from 60 to 90% in other Government of
India organisations except in the Central Secretariat. As per the report, the
strike was total in Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar Andhra Pradesh,
Tamilnadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and 60 to 70% in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and partial in other States.
In Delhi, the Income tax and RMS offices of the Postal
Department virtually remained closed. Not a single employee reported for duty
in these offices. Many offices of the Civil Accounts and Post offices in Delhi
also did not function on these two days.
Many establishments of Printing and Stationery, Indian Bureau of
Mines, Geological Survey of India, Medical Depots, Customs, Ground Water Board,
ISRO, Directorate of Marketing Inspection, Civil Accounts, Central Public Works
Department remained closed throughout the country on both the days.
The National Secretariat of the JCA places on record its sincere
gratitude and appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the State/Branch level
leaders to make this historic action of the Indian working class a resounding success by eliciting the
total participation of the Central Government employees. The success of the two
days strike action will no doubt embolden the employees and workers to chalk out intensified
action programme including indefinite strike action to compel the Govt. to rescind the anti-people economic
policies pursued since 1991.
