Over 9,000 nurses & paramedics in Karnataka go on indefinite strike, health services disrupted. Strike organised by the Karnataka State Contract Paramedical Employees Welfare Association. Nurses demanding a revision of their salaries and inter-district transfers. Despite providing services for 15 years, they receive a meagre salary of just Rs 14,000 per month. They are also demanding the confirmation of their services by the state government. The state BJP unit has supported the agitation by nurses and expressed its solidarity with their struggle. It has assured that their issues would be raised in the Assembly and the party would bring them to the government’s attention. The Congress government is yet to respond to the demands of nurses. The strike began on Wednesday at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, where nurses and paramedical staff from all districts across the state gathered in protest. They spent the night at the venue on the Mahashivratri festival day, demanding that the government address their concerns. The striking nurses are demanding equal pay for equal work and for their jobs to be permanent.
