Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 12: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), the PRI’s body that is spearheading and campaigning for the cause of temporary guards ( Chowkidars), gardeners (Maalis) of the Rural Development Department today held protest demonstration outside Maharaja Hari Singh Park in Jammu and slammed the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led administration for its failure to do justice with the poor daily wage Maali and Chowkidars.
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Several guards and gardeners headed by Anil Sharma , president of AJKPC held protest against the J&K Government for its non- serious approach in resolving the issues of these temporary workers who for years have been peacefully praying for justice with them.
While interacting with the media- persons during the protest, Anil Sharma informed that despite submitting over a dozen memorandums and Letters with the Rural Development Department in Kashmir and Jammu, the Government has not moved even an inch and showing its reluctance to adjust these poor Maalis and Chowkidars who were promised Government jobs and who had even given their lands for setting up different Government buildings and other infrastructure.
The agitating temporary employees said that decades have been passed but these gullible and poor temporary workers are not given any justice and many of them have now surpassed the eligible age for absorption in regular recruitment in Government jobs therefore it is imperative that these innocent workers be given at least the status of daily wage workers and give appointment orders.
The AJKPC president announced that all Panches and Sarpanches and members of AJKPC stand with these Maali and Chowkidars and their families. Sharma also informed that AJKPC is seeking legal opinion to approach court of law to seek justice for these daily wagers and in the meanwhile next week they would submit a petition before the NHRC demanding release of wages of these workers so that their families live a dignified life.
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