On the directions of the Election Commission, the State government on Tuesday asked all factories, shops, commercial, catering, beedi and industrial establishments, BPO firms, plantations and motor transport undertakings to grant holiday with wages to all the employees including daily wage and casual workers in view of the Assembly elections on April 13.
An official press release issued here said that no deduction or abatement of the wages of any person shall be made on account of a holiday having been granted on the day of elections.