Updated On: 12 March, 2023 11:15 AM IST | Kolkata | PTI
Protesting employees of 18 organisations, who have been demanding that their dearness allowance be raised to the level of central government employees, had also called for a total strike on Friday.

West Bengal Government employees raise slogans during their strike demanding clearance of their pending DA (Dearness Allowance), at Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters in Kolkata. Pic/PTI
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has urged government employees on hunger strike to press for a hike in DA to end their stir, calling upon stakeholders to come together for an acceptable way out of the imbroglio.
Protesting employees of 18 organisations, who have been demanding that their dearness allowance be raised to the level of central government employees, had also called for a total strike on Friday.