Lecturers on academic arrangement stage protest

College lecturers on academic arrangements protesting at Jammu on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh
College lecturers on academic arrangements protesting at Jammu on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: Up in arms against the Government order terming their services as `Need Based’, College lecturers engaged on academic arrangement held a strong protest demonstration, here today.
The protesting lecturers, including females, assembled at Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar and also attempted to march towards the Civil Secretariat but Police did not allow them to proceed further.

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They were demanding immediate revocation of the controversial Government order terming their academic arrangement as `Need Based’.
The protesting lecturers said that they were engaged on academic arrangement but the Government recently issued an order terming their services as `Need Based’ thus depriving them of the due pay. They were also demanding equal work equal pay.
Shouting slogans and carrying placards in support of their demand for revocation of the controversial Government order, the protesting lecturers held a massive demonstration in front of the GCW Gandhi Nagar thus disrupting vehicular movement there for some time. Later they marched towards the civil Secretariat but Police did not allow them to proceed further.
The protesting lecturers vowed to continue their struggle till the Government revokes its order on terming their services as ‘Need Based’.

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