Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, Nov 05: The first working day of the secretariat in
the winter capital witnessed several protest demonstrations by different
political and non- political organizations aimed to stage their anguish against
the government.
The organization included Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), State Government Employees Joint Action Committee (SGEJAC), All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retirement Employees Association staged protest demonstration besides organized rallies in different part of the city.
BJP activists took out a car rally through main bazars of Jammu city to remind the state government of the problems being faced by the people and discrimination against Jammu region at all levels.
State President BJP Shamsher Singh Manhas said that the people of the state are suffering on account of inadequate supply of ration, shortage and black marketing of LPG and delay in holding the Urban Local Bodies elections despite repeated assurances by the state government.
He said that the people are already finding it difficult to survive in view of the sky-rocketing prices of essential commodities and are now made to cry for their survival as the monthly ration released to a family through government depots is too less.
“The decision of the Congress-led UPA government to bring down the number of subsidized LPG cylinders to six and open black marketing of these cylinders are a matter of concern but there is no one in the union and state governments to think of an aam aadmi” Manhas added.
Whereas SGEJAC joined PDP organized a rally from Press Club towards secretariat but the police officials stopped them at Dogra Chowk.
Presenting their demands PDP Trade Union president Suresh Sharma said that the government should release of Sixth Pay Commission balance arrears with regularisation of daily wagers, adhoc, contractual , RETs , EVs, framing of regularisation policy for Anganwari and Asha workers, removal of pay anomalies of clerical cadres and others.
Similarly, All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retirement Employees Association president Dev Raj Bali said that the association organized a rally from Press Club to secretariat however the police official does not allowed them to move further and stop them near Gummat.
Bali further demanded that the government should releasing their due drawn bills including leave salary, gratuity ex-gratia grant of 35 - 40% and 126 slabs of Cost Of Living Allowances (COLA) for which the bills have been prepared with effect from June 1, 2006 and were sent to Civil Secretariat for government approval.
The organization included Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), State Government Employees Joint Action Committee (SGEJAC), All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retirement Employees Association staged protest demonstration besides organized rallies in different part of the city.
BJP activists took out a car rally through main bazars of Jammu city to remind the state government of the problems being faced by the people and discrimination against Jammu region at all levels.
State President BJP Shamsher Singh Manhas said that the people of the state are suffering on account of inadequate supply of ration, shortage and black marketing of LPG and delay in holding the Urban Local Bodies elections despite repeated assurances by the state government.
He said that the people are already finding it difficult to survive in view of the sky-rocketing prices of essential commodities and are now made to cry for their survival as the monthly ration released to a family through government depots is too less.
“The decision of the Congress-led UPA government to bring down the number of subsidized LPG cylinders to six and open black marketing of these cylinders are a matter of concern but there is no one in the union and state governments to think of an aam aadmi” Manhas added.
Whereas SGEJAC joined PDP organized a rally from Press Club towards secretariat but the police officials stopped them at Dogra Chowk.
Presenting their demands PDP Trade Union president Suresh Sharma said that the government should release of Sixth Pay Commission balance arrears with regularisation of daily wagers, adhoc, contractual , RETs , EVs, framing of regularisation policy for Anganwari and Asha workers, removal of pay anomalies of clerical cadres and others.
Similarly, All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retirement Employees Association president Dev Raj Bali said that the association organized a rally from Press Club to secretariat however the police official does not allowed them to move further and stop them near Gummat.
Bali further demanded that the government should releasing their due drawn bills including leave salary, gratuity ex-gratia grant of 35 - 40% and 126 slabs of Cost Of Living Allowances (COLA) for which the bills have been prepared with effect from June 1, 2006 and were sent to Civil Secretariat for government approval.
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