Railway employees under the banner of the All India Railway Men's Federation protested against the National Pension Scheme in Lucknow on Friday. Led by Mandal Minister Comrade RN Garg, the employees of the North Eastern Railway's Lucknow division staged a sit-in protest at the Divisional Railway Manager's office, demanding the restoration...
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of the old pension scheme and opposing the new scheme. They also held a rally within the premises to express their disapproval of the government's stance on pensions. The protesters argued that if elected officials like MLAs and MPs receive pensions, why should employees be discriminated against. A large number of railway employees, including Mandal Protector DK Das (Dada), Mandal Vice President Comrade Sandeep Kumar, Mandal Treasurer Comrade Sanjeev Srivastava, Head Office Branch Secretary Sushma Singh, and other officials, participated in the protest.