BEST Workers: BEST Employees and General Secretary Shashank Rao to Start Hunger Strike from Today

In Brief

• Plight of retired BEST employees

• BEST has delayed payments to retired employees

• BEST employees and General Secretary Shashank Rao to start hunger strike from today

(BEST Workers) From today, BEST employees and General Secretary Shashank Rao are going on a hunger strike. It is being said that retired BEST employees are facing difficulties as their payments have been delayed by BEST.

More than four and a half thousand retired employees have outstanding dues of seven hundred crores, gratuity, and COVID allowance, and the employees are distressed. Will the money be given after they pass away? Such questions are being asked by angry employees.

Where exactly does all this money go? Employees are seen becoming aggressive while saying this. Against this backdrop, it is reported that from today, BEST employees and General Secretary Shashank Rao will start a hunger strike.