AGARTALA, April 20 (TIWN): 638 JICA project staffs who were terminated without showing any cause by the BJP govt have come in massive protest today.

JICA Project Director & CEO G.S.Raju on yesterday issued the termination of the all contractual JICA officers, Livelihood Co-ordinators, Field Felicitators, outsourced personnel from immediate effect from yesterday itself. 

At the same time, over 36,000 people who were beneficiary from the project, the whole system has been stopped.

On the 42nd day of the BJP Govt, even though not a single contractual staff was regularized, no new job was created, this termination has shocked the state.

The agitated JICA staffs after termination hit the JICA office, met the Project Director. The terminated staffs also  will meet the Chief Minister Biplab Deb asking him reason behind this unexpected move.