AJKPC Joins PHE Workers’ Stir

AJKPC Supports PHE Workers’ Demand of Regularization, Rationalization of Wages.

Jammu, 01/April/2016: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference  has come in support of the genuine demands of the daily-wage workers of the, PHE, Public Health Engineering department who are continuously agitating for their demands for the last almost 20 days.

Today, AJKPC members led by its president Anil Sharma and joined by other senior functionaries  including Bimla Devi, president Women Wing, Goutam Singh Jamwal, provincial president-Jammu , RajKumar provincial Vice President-Jammu, Yash Pal Singh Charak, member of the executive council of AJKPC and several other Panches and Sarpanches  sat outside the office of Chief Engineer PHE-Jammu with the agitating workers.

While addressing the PHE workers, Anil Sharma assured  them that the AJKPC stands shoulder to shoulder with the workers and shall offer them full support and informed that the AJKPC cadre has been asked to come forward to make the scheduled rally of 3^rd April a success. He said all 33,000 Panches, Sarpanches and all their family members are with the agitating daily wagers, casual labour, need based workers who are on roads for their genuine grievances like regularization and rationalization of their wages. “ We understand the pain and sufferings of our brothers, Rs. 900 per month are offered to a need based worker of the PHE department which is nothing but a cruelty.” Sharma added.

On this occasion, Bimla Devi and Goutam Singh Jamwal also addressed the gathering and raised slogans in favour of the agitating workers, both the Panchayat leaders also urged the government to consider the genuine demands of the workers who are sitting on peaceful dharma for so many days. The Panchayat leaders said their organization, AJKPC is not only confined for the issues of Panchayats but it stands with each and every citizen of the state for his/her right.  Later, Tanveer Hussain, provincial president, All J&K PHE, ITI Trained and CP Workers Association thanked Anil Sharma, President of the AJKPC and other members for their support.