Cooch Behar, Feb. 6 -- BJP leader Nisith Pramanik on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's directive to the West Bengal government to release the pending dearness allowance (DA) to state employees.

Speaking to ANI, Pramanik said, "The Supreme Court's order to provide 25% DA is certainly good news for the state government employees. If employees in all other states and union territories receive full DA, why not in West Bengal? Now that the Supreme Court has issued this order, a wave of happiness has swept through the state government employees."

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) State Secretary, Md Salim, also welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court on the West Bengal government to clear a 25% dearness allowance (DA) for s...