Shillong: The Meghalaya BJP wants the state government to pay up. State vice president Bernard N. Marak says the NPP-led administration must clear the backlog of salaries for Garo Hills Autonomous District Council workers. Employees are still waiting for their monthly pay, despite a signed deal promising checks on the first day of each month.
Marak pointed to the Tripartite Agreement, specifically Paragraph 3.1, which the government is ignoring. Thirty months of arrears sit unpaid. Workers cannot pay their bills or cover school fees because the cash never arrives. Banks are now marking staff as defaulters because they cannot pay back their loans.
Marak warned that the state’s inaction breaks its word. He said, "The continued neglect undermines the spirit of the agreement reached between the government and the council employees." The BJP now demands an immediate release of current pay and a firm schedule to settle the long-standing debt.
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