The protesting Government employee unions in Nagaland named the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on November 6, 2025 intensified its ongoing agitation against the state Government by enforcing a full-scale ‘tools down’ strike alongside the existing pen down agitation.
Alleging that the government has failed to respond positively despite more than 40 days of peaceful protest, the committee said the movement would continue until its demand for the ‘restoration of merit’ is met.
Reiterating that its core demands remain unchanged, the JCC sought the restoration of the March 10 vacancy circular and the withdrawal of the “non-NPSC/backdoor candidate” from the IAS induction panel list.
With the strike now expanded, the All Nagaland Government Drivers’ Association, Nagaland Civil Secretariat Drivers’ Association, All Nagaland Directorate & District Government Drivers’ Union, and the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Grade-IV Staff Employees Association are actively participating in the tools down protest.
The committee has instructed all its members across directorates and service associations to ensure that essential services — public transport, ambulances, educational institution vehicle service, sanitation, power and PHE services remain uninterrupted and that the protest remains peaceful and confined to workplaces.
The JCC is composed of the Confederation of All Nagaland State Services Employees Association (CANSSEA), Nagaland In-Service Doctors Association (NIDA), Nagaland Secretariat Service Association (NSSA), Nagaland Finance and Accounts Service Association (NF&ASA), and Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Service Association (FONSESA).
- Inputs from agencies