Kohima, February 12 The Confederation of All Nagaland State Services Employees’ Association (CANSSEA) joined the nationwide strike called by the All India State Government Employees Federation (AISGEF) on Thursday and submitted its eight-point charter of demands to the chief secretary.
CANSSEA, an affiliate of AISGEF, said the strike was in accordance with resolutions adopted at the federation’s 18th National Conference, where issues affecting state government employees across the country were discussed, and a decision was made to observe a nationwide strike on February 12.
The CANSSEA members staged a brief demonstration outside its office complex from around 11 am. However, the protest did not affect the functioning of government offices in Kohima, with official work continuing as usual.
After the event, they submitted an 8-point nationwide common charter of demand to the state government through the chief secretary.
This charter, appended by CANSSEA Vice President S Chaidok Phom and General Secretary Yhunsenlo Kent, demanded the regularisation of all contractual employees and an end to contractual, outsourced, and daily-wage employment, along with the regular filling of vacancies in government departments and PSUs.
They also demanded the repeal of the PFRDA Act, the scrapping of NPS/UPS, the restoration of the old pension scheme, and the repeal of the Pension Validation Act, 2025.
The charter also called for strengthening the education and public health departments, the abandonment of the National Education Policy, and the withdrawal of the compulsory TET order for teachers.
