Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 17: Continuing their token strike for the 15th consecutive days, the non-teaching and non-gazetted employees of the Jammu University today suspended their work for five hours as per the plan and held a strong protest demonstration in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat.
Amidst slogans, the employees took out a protest march on the campus and then assembled in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat where a dharna demonstration was staged. Similar protest demonstrations were held in the offsite campuses of the University of Jammu.
The agitating employees warned the University authorities to maintain sanctity of the agreement arrived at with both the Unions and speed up the early disposal of their demands in the interest of the students in particular and the University in general.
During the protest demonstration, the leaders of JU Non-Teaching Employees Union and Non-Gazetted Employees Union contested the claims of JU authorities over their demands and clarified that their major demands were still lying pending and only assurance were being given time and again.
Later the student organizations which have extended their support to the ongoing agitation of the employees also joined the protest demonstrations and expressed their solidarity with the employees who are fighting for their just and genuine demands.
The demonstration was addressed by Pawan Singh Bhau, Vijay Kumar, Sham Sharma, Sanjeev Chadha, Vikas Langer, Abhinav Sharma, Banarasi Lal, Vidya Lal, Raj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Padam Shri Padamani, Niranjan Singh Charak, Kewal Kumar, Sunita Amla, Jarnail Singh, Jasjeet Singh and Raghubir Singh Bandral and others.
They also appealed the Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor to personally intervene for resolution of their demands.
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