Naxalbari, 10th December: Members of the Darjeeling District Chia Kaman Mazdoor Union staged a protest at the Naxalbari Block Development Office (BDO) over the alleged exclusion of tea workers’ names from the housing scheme list.
Led by General Secretary Gautam Ghosh, several workers from Manjha Tea Estate gathered at the Naxalbari Community Development Office on Tuesday to voice their grievances. However, BDO Pranab Chatterjee was not present at the office during the protest.
According to allegations, while the names of underprivileged tea workers appeared in the initial list, they were excluded from the final list of beneficiaries. General Secretary Gautam Ghosh accused officials of preparing the list with political bias. He cautioned that the union would respond strongly if the workers were not included in the housing scheme.