Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 31: Expressing anguish and deep concern over unabated target killings in the Valley, former Minister and senior National Conference leader, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today urged the Government to allow the PM Package and Jammu based employees in Kashmir to work from home till the situation becomes conducive for them to resume offline duties.
“Covid Pandemic is a living example of work from home culture and this mechanism can be adopted for the vulnerable sections of the Government employees in Kashmir”, Sadhotra said in a statement issued here.
He said the innocent employees cannot be made fodder of the egoistic Government, egoistic leaders and the administrators, who have failed to instil a sense of confidence among them in the wake of one after another unfortunate and barbaric killings in the Valley.
The desperate employees are protesting for months in support of their legitimate demands but nobody seems to be serious enough in addressing these issues. This is unethical and insensitive on the part of the Government, which should have come up with a pragmatic road map to the malady after taking into confidence the stakeholders.
Sadhotra referred to the recent high level meeting held in New Delhi regarding the Kashmir situation and expressed dismay that the issue of the PM Package and Jammu based reserved category employees did not even come up for discussion, according to the proceedings that were put to public domain.
“Due to failure in providing them safety and sense of security, the administration has made both the Kashmiri Pandit and Scheduled Caste category employees and their families vulnerable besides pushing them to psychological distress,” he said.
Sadhotra also sought release of withheld salaries immediately and not exert any pressure on them for resuming their duties till the situation becomes conducive in the Valley.
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