Central Trade Unions rejected the Government’s, appeal to
call off the strike. The proposed strike from 20th February will continue
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had on Sunday appealed to
the unions to call off their strike as it would cause loss to economy besides
inconvenience to people and offered talks.
The Prime Minister had requested his senior Cabinet
colleagues A K Antony, Sharad Pawar and P Chidambaram besides Labour Minister
Mallikarjun Kharge to hold discussions with the union leaders.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram could not attend the
meeting because of ongoing budget meetings.
The meeting took place in Antony’s office at the Defence
Ministry.
The panel of
ministers failed to give any concrete proposal.
Two days strike will continue
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10 Crores workers will participate in the strike
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13 lakhs Central Government employees including
5.5 lakhs Postal employees joining historic two days strike
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Transport and banking services to take major hit
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economy would take a hit of Rs. 15,000-20,000
crore
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