Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 14: Congress has questioned the enhanced number of daily wagers, causal and need based workers in various departments, as their number has risen from 61,011 in year 2014 to over one lakh at present.
Reacting to the announcement of the Government to regularize 60,000 of causal workers, JKPCC questioned as to how their number increased by around 40,000 in the last around three years during the present regime.
Chief spokesperson of the party, Ravinder Sharma said that total number as per official information up to 30th September 2014 was 61,011 in all departments but the present number being shown is more than one lakh (1,00,501), which means even after regularizing 60,000, over 40,000 would fight for their rights on streets to seek fulfillment of promises made by PDP-BJP to regularize all those in these categories in different departments.
Sharma said it is welcome step that Government intends to regularize 60,000 daily rated workers but sought a detailed answer from the Government especially over the number of illegal backdoor entries and appointments made in last three years. He suspected that blue eyed persons were shown undue favours during the present regime at the cost of genuine workers, who were performing their duties for several years on meager wages and most of whom have not been paid wages for over 32 months.
He said that all these categories of people were waiting to hear about their regularization but the contradictions in the present and past figures indicates that justice will not be done all the agitating workers. “The Government must come out clear on the issue to clear the air”, he added.
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