Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: The PDD Daily Wagers continued their protest dharna outside the office of Development Commissioner Power (DCP) at Janipur on the twelfth consecutive day today.
The agitating workers led by Surjeet Khajuria, President of PDD Daily Wagers Union (Jammu province) started peace march from office of DCP to Civil Secretariat.
The protesting workers were raising slogans in support of their demand of regularization and enhancement of their wages besides clearance of all the pending wages. They were also demanding the release of their wages in time. They strongly demanded that discrimination with the daily wagers from Jammu region be stopped and they should be treated at par with those from Kashmir region.
Addressing the gathering, Khajuria said that concerned authorities have given only fake assurances but not even a single daily wager has been regularized. He said that the protest dharna and strike would continue till their demands are not addressed by the Government.
He added that for the last twelve days, the workers are on strike but unfortunately no one from the Government or even senior officer from the PDD has visited them.
Khajuria urged the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh to personally intervene into the matter and redressed the issues on priority.
Bharat Singh, Chairman of the Union also addressed the gathering and said that if their demands are not redressed by or before December 12, then they will be forced to stage strong protest.
Among others, who spoke were Ashwani Mehra, General Secretary, Ajay Kumar, Press Secretary, Parveen Sharma, Gurnam Slathia, Raj Kumar, Davinder Singh Bobby, Gurdeep Singh, Suresh Singh, Bachan Lal, Abhishek Jamwal, etc.
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