Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 11: Apni Party provincial president and former Minister Manjit Singh today appealed the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to formulate a comprehensive regularization policy for the daily wagers and contractual workers.
Addressing a party meeting at Gandhi Nagar office, Manjit spoke about various issues being faced by over 60,000 daily wagers, ITI trained, CP and contractual workers who have been working in different Government departments.
“Many of the daily wagers have been serving in the departments from over 20 years and many of them are at the verge of retirement as daily wagers in their respective departments. However, neither they have been regularized nor their pending monthly wages cleared,” said Manjit Singh.
During the meeting, Manjit Singh said that some of the daily wagers have also committed suicide in absence of any clear policy from the Government about their regularization.
“It is unjustified exploitation of the daily rated workers and contractual employees without wages for a long time in different Government departments. Their dues must be cleared and the government must come up with a regularization policy for them,” demanded Manjit Singh.
The Apni Party provincial president said that the families of these daily wagers and their children have been facing the brunt of the Government’s failure to frame any policy for their regularization. “Government should not push the daily rated workers and contractual employees to the wall. They must get all benefits as an employee because they do more work and keep the system in PDD, PHE and other departments running,” he added.
The former Minister said that the formation of committees to decide their future will not serve the purpose but the bureaucratic attitude will delay the issue and make the daily wagers to suffer more. Already, he said, several daily wagers have ended their lives.
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