Cops flex muscles on JK employees, 10 injured JCC announces Secretariat Chalo on Feb 14, pen-down strike on Feb 15 GK NEWS NEWTORK Smaller Default Larger Jammu, Jan 30: Around 10 government employees were injured and dozens taken into preventive custody after police resorted to cane-charge to foil a protest march under the banner of Joint Consultative Committee here Thursday morning. In protest against today’s police action, the employees have decided to hold a demonstration in front of Chief Minister’s residence on Friday. They have also pledged to continue their agitation in the coming days till their demands are not conceded by the government. As part of agitation program, the employees will again hold a Civil Secretariat march on 14th of February. The next day, on 15th, they will observe a pen down strike throughout the State, said JCC president Abdul Qayoom Wani. “If our demands are not conceded to by that time, the employees will intensify their agitation the onus of which will lie with the government,” Wani said. As per JCC’s scheduled protest program, hundreds of government employees drawn from across the State assembled at Press Club Jammu Thursday morning and raised slogans against the State government, accusing it of betraying the employees by not implementing the agreement which it made with the JCC in 2011. “The government has been betraying the employees ever since it entered into an agreement in 2011”, the employees said, adding, “Since the signing of the agreement, the government has been seeking time, which is only a delaying tactics.” After staging protest, the employees then tried to take out a march towards the Civil Secretariat. However, a large deployment of police personnel foiled their attempt. The police intervention agitated the employees which resulted into a scuffle. The police had to resort to lathi-charge to quell the protesters in which around 10 to 12 employees were injured. As the employees were adamant and were assembling time and again, the police resorted to arrests. Around 400 protesters were arrested and taken to Gandhi Nagar Police Lines. While condemning the police action, Abdul Qayoom Wani said, “The government tactics to pressurize the employees will not deter them.” He said that police action was totally uncalled for as the employees were holding a peaceful protest in support of their demands, which have already been agreed upon by the government. He also criticized the government for imposing ‘draconian’ laws like ESMA and ‘No Work No Pay’ to pressurize the employees. The employees have been demanding regularization of daily wagers/casual labors/adhoc and contractual employees, enhancement in retirement age from 58 years to 60 years, removal of pay anomalies and release of 6th Pay Commission arrears. Immediately after being released by the police, JCC employees under the chairmanship of Abdul Qayoom Wani, Muhammad Ashraf Bhat, Balvinder Singh and Amrik Singh held a meeting and decided the future course of agitation. It was unanimously resolved that JCC should continue its struggle against the ‘anti-employees policy’, withdrawal of ‘draconian’ laws and implementation of agreement between Govt & JCC leaders. It was decided that the leaders of JCC from all over the State will have a sit-in demonstration in front of residence of Chief Minister at 6 PM on Friday, while a peaceful march towards legislative assembly will be taken out on February 14. Government, Semi-Govt and Public Sector employees of State will observe complete pen down strike at their respective offices on February 15. Others who were present in the meeting included Farooq Ahmed Trali, Devanand Gill, Haji Bashir Ahmed, Balvinder Singh, Amrik Singh, Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Ganesh Khajuria, Abdul Qayoom Beg, besides others. As per a JCC leader, the employees who were arrested by police included Abdul Qayoom Wani, Ashraf Bhat, Farooq Ahmad Trali, Balvinder Singh, Amrik Singh, Dr. Manzoor Ahmed and others
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:32:31 +0000
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