Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 27: The protest dharna and strike launched by MG-NREGA employees of the Rural Development Department (RDD) entered the 17th consecutive day here today.
These hapless workers are sitting on dharna at Exhibition Ground near Press Club of Jammu. A large number employees including computer operators/ data entry operators, GRS and others assembled at Press Club at around 11 am today and started protest demonstration. They were carrying banner and placards in hands projecting their demands. They are demanding their regularization and release of pending wages.
On the 17th consecutive day of their protest programme, the employees under the banner of All J&K MGNREGA Employees Association assembled at Exhibition Ground and started protest demonstration. A large number of women workers also joined them. The workers from various districts of Jammu region and many parts of Kashmir province also joined the protest program. Later, they sat on day long protest dharna.
Provincial president for Jammu, Sandeep Kalotra and president Kashmir Division, Jan Mohd besides others addressed the gathering and alleged that despite assurance by the RDD Minister, Abdul Haq Khan to frame a definite policy for the regularization of MG-NREGA workers, nothing has been done so far. They said that these workers including GRS, Technical Assistants, MIS Operators are being exploited by the Government and are being provided just peanut salaries. Many of them are highly qualified and they are going to be over aged. They warned the Government to frame the policy for the regularisation of these workers otherwise, they will intensify the agitation and launch `Jail Bharo Andolan’.
Prominent among others who addressed gathering included Tariq Zara, Sandeep Sharma, Satwant Singh, Farooq Ahmed, Sajjad Bhat, Young Bahadur, Arun Kumar, Kumkum Sharma, Lal Hussain and others.
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