Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 15: The ongoing hunger strike by Contractual Lecturers (10+2), who are demanding regularization, entered into 30th day today.
One of the senior Contractual Lecturer Vinod Kumar, who was on fast unto death and had been shifted to GMC Jammu on Tuesday in view of his critical condition, was today discharged from the hospital. On the other hand, condition of Seema Rajput, who is also on fast unto death since March 12, is deteriorating day by day. Government Doctor today visited the venue of hunger strike and medically examined her.
Contractual Lecturers Vijay Kumar, Amrit Paul, Balvinder Kour and Ranjan Bala, who began their chain hunger strike on Wednesday, also threatened to go on fast unto death if their demands are not conceded at an earliest.
The agitating Contractual Lecturers are demanding their regularization as per the Civil services Special Provision act 2010, a policy framed for the regularization of all the Ad-hoc/ Contractual/Consolidate employees after rendering seven years of services.
While addressing the protest dharna, Arun Bakshi, State president of (10+2) Contractual Lecturers Forum appealed the Government to shed its apathetic attitude towards the Contractual Lecturers and adopt sympathetic way to settle the problem of the highly educated Contractual Lecturers.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Contractual Lecturers called on J&K Legislative Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta at his office chamber in Civil Secretariat and apprised him of the demand. The Speaker assured to take up their case with Education Minister for early solution. Kavinder also assured them that he would do his utmost efforts to get the case solved.
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