Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 15: Seeking the revocation of Govt Order No. 384-GAD of 2015, dated March 17, chairman of the National Panthers Party and former Minister Harshdev Singh lambasted the BJP-PDP Govt for arbitrary and unwarranted termination of thousands of daily wagers, casual workers, need based, contingent workers besides consolidated and contractual employees by issuing controversial order.
Addressing large number of ousted workers and protesting party activists today at Press Club here today, the NPP leader regretted that Coalition Govt which had made tall claims of youth empowerment during the Assembly elections indulged in the most contemptuous exploitation of the youth by ordering the dis-engagement of reportedly around 62,000 temporary workers engaged in various Govt Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Boards and other autonomous bodies.
Demanding the roll back of the highly controversial GAD order, Mr Singh said that the incumbent employees proposed to be dis-engaged have been performing their duties for the last 10-20 yrs on meager wages and their termination would tell severely upon their very existence. Reprehending the Coalition Govt for issuing their termination order, Mr Singh said that the move was aimed simply at ousting the employees engaged by previous Government so as to make room for engagement of the political workers of the present Coalition Govt.
Flaying the BJP-PDP combine for their highly vindictive approach, Harshdev regretted that the poor daily rated and casual workers had been made the sacrificial lambs by the ruling alliance to wreck vengeance upon their predecessors. Calling upon the Govt to give the region wise details of casual, contingent, need based, Safai Karamcharis’, daily rated contractual as well as Anganwari workers likely to be affected by the termination order, he said that suspicions were rife that none had been dis-engaged in Kashmir region and the order was being harshly and selectively applied only in respect of Jammu region.
Urging for revocation of termination order of such employees, Harshdev Singh sought the regularization of all those workers who had completed seven years service as repeatedly assured by Govt.
Yash Paul Kundal, State president Young Panthers while seeking the roll back of the termination order observed that the said casual workers had been working on paltry wages ranging from Rs 2100 to Rs 4500 in various Govt Departments but had been performing the duties of regular employees. He said that the Govt has been extracting phenomenal amount of work from such employees on the assurances of absorbing them in regular establishment after a fixed period of time.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Shiv Charan Singh, Khajur Singh, Pawan Dev Singh, Pushpinder Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Baldev Singh, Kulbushan Singh, Anil Rakwal, Neeraj Gupta, Parshotam Parihar, Aditya Hans, Rishi Badyal, Asha Rani and Rajesh Gondi.
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