National Health Mission (NHM) workers across Assam launched a three-day “work boycott and sit-in strike” from today, demanding equal pay and permanent employment benefits.

In Bongaigaon district, hundreds of NHM workers staged a protest in front of the Joint Director of Health Services office, voicing strong resentment over what they termed as the government’s repeated failure to fulfill earlier promises.

The protesters alleged that the assurances made by the former Health Minister — who is now the Chief Minister — have turned out to be hollow.

They declared that their agitation will continue until the government ensures “equal pay for equal work” and fulfils all their pending demands.

Warning of intensified protests in the coming days, the demonstrators said that if the government con

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