Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: Government employees from various departments and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) from Jammu areas held protest demonstration in support of pending demands of the employees near Press Club here today.
A large number of employees, under the banner of State Government Employees Joint Action Committee (SGEJAC) led by senior members Suresh Sharma, Subash Verma, Sushil Sudan, Babu Hussain Malik, Prem Singh Bawa, Yash Paul Sharma, K C Dubey, Darshan Magotra, Rinku Gill and others assembled at Exhibition Ground near Press Club at 10 am and held strong protest demonstration. They were shouting slogans in support of their pending demands.
Several senior leaders also addressed the gathering and criticized the Government for its `cosmetic approach’ in resolving pending issues of the employees. They alleged that only retirement age issue has been solved by the Government but no development has been witnessed on the issue of regularization of daily rated/ contractual/ consolidated workers. The issue of pay anomalies of the employees and PSUs workers’ demands have remained untouched. They pointed out that the Government can not befool the employees any more as they have suffered a lot at the hands of present coalition regime.
They also criticized the government for inviting only selective employees leaders for the talks in Srinagar, ignoring other stake holders and real representatives of the employees, particularly from Jammu region. They urged upon the Government to solve the demands of enhancement of Medical allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 1000 per month, fix qualifying service for pension from 28 to 20 years at par with Centre, accord budgetary support to PSUs and merger of 50 % DA with basic pay. They gave June 30 ultimatum to the Government for resolving the pending issues, failing which they would launch district level agitation.
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