Staffs of Horticulture Department stage sit-ins
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 01 2021:
Denouncing its Director for allegedly assaulting her junior (Deputy Director) physically in front of other staff on Saturday, employees of the Directorate of Horticulture and Soil Conservation staged a sit in protest in front of its office at Sanjenthong, today.
At the protest demonstration, president of All Manipur Horticulture and Soil Conservation Technologist Association, K Debadutta Sharma, who is also the Project Director of MOMA, said that the act of N Joymati Devi, who was re-engaged as the Director of the Directorate on contract by the Government is disappointing.
Saying that the technical and non-technical staff of the Directorate strongly condemned the incident, he urged the State Government to intervene and do the needful at the earliest.
Re-engaging a retired official as the Director of this important department by the Government on a contract basis by ignoring all the officials who are fit for the post is truly unfortunate, he said and urged the Government to appoint the incumbent Additional Director of the Directorate as a regular Director instead.
The employees also held placards that denounce the Director and the incident.