Led by AJKPC, Guards-Gardeners Hold Protest at RDD Directorate

 

 

Led by Anil , Guards-Gardeners Hold Protest at RDD Directorate

 

AJKPC holds Protest at RDD Directorate, seeks regularization of Guards & Gardeners 

 

Jammu, 16/06/2022:  Seeking  immediate redressal of the  genuine demands and grievances of the guards and gardeners today All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference held a massive protest here at Directorate of  Rural Development Department Jammu. Dozens of guards and gardeners  raised slogans against the government for injustice meted to them and their families. The protestors led by Anil Sharma president of All J & K Panchayat Conference barged into the office chamber of the director and asked the officer to do justice with them and convey their displeasure and disappointment to  the J & K  government led by Lieutenant Governor.

 

The AJKPC President said the incumbent government has failed miserably on all fronts and today the worst sufferers are the temporary employees of the J & K government  including daily wagers, contractual workers as the government exploit the youth on the name of giving them permanent employment but then they deceive these workers.

 

Sharma also presented a memorandum to Mohamad Mumtaz Ali Director, RDD Jammu who gave a patient hearing to the protestors and assured them to further communicate their demands to the higher authorities. These guards –gardeners are demanding regularization of their appointment, release of regular monthly salary and also asking for ensuring their bio-metric attendance, many of these engaged people have now crossed the age criteria for appointment in any other department and serving the Rural Development department for decade and over. Several times, the files related to their full time appointment move from Directorate to Secretariat and vice versa but on ground nothing happened.

 

Anil Sharma also hinted to launch a full fledged agitation in case government remains mute and deaf to the genuine demands of these temporary workers.  The prominent  office bearers of the AJKPC and others who were present during the protest include shahnawaz Ahmed , Devdut Bhagat , Abdul Latif, Abdul Rashid, Sher Mohamad, Sanjay Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Parbhat Singh, Bashir Ahmed, Ravi Kumar.