Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 26: The ongoing hunger strike by contractual lecturers (10+2), who are demanding their regularization, entered 72nd consecutive day today.
The agitating contractual lecturers raised slogans against the Education Minister and State Government. They lamented that despite giving an assurance by Speaker Kavinder Gupta and MoS Education Priya Sethi, the Government has not come forward with a written agreement on their demand for regularization.
While addressing the protesters, president of Contractual Lecturers’ (10+2) Association, Arun Bakshi said that they would tolerate no more exploitation by the Government. “If our demands are not conceded at an earliest, we will make this agitation more vigorous and the Government will be responsible for the consequence,” he warned.
Jeevan Kumar, State press secretary of the Forum said that the association has finally decided not to lift the dharna and suspended hunger strike till their cases of regularization as per Civil Services Special Provision Act 2010 are settled. He appealed Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti and deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh to personally look into the matter to fulfill their demands.
These 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/consolidated employees after rendering seven years of services.
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