Aggrieved laborers burn effigy of CAF & PD Director
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 09 2014:
In protest against the apparent authoritarian style of working of Director of Consumer Affairs Food & Public Distribution Department (CAF & PD) who derecognized laborers of the FCI godown, members of CAF & PD Laborers' Welfare Association burnt an effigy of the Director, Mutum Yaiskul today at Keishampat, Imphal West.
Terming the act of the Director derecognizing the laborers who have been working in the FCI godown for the last 20 years is inhuman, Romendrajit, general secretary of CAF & PD Laborers' Welfare Association while speaking to the media demanded resignation of the Director on moral ground.
He also condemned the advertisement carried out in the local daily newspapers for recruitment of new laborers in place of them.
Reiterating that the association had already announced a 48-hour restriction on FCI godown with effect from 6 am of October 9, he cautioned employees of the department including truck drivers not to take the restriction call lightly as any untoward incident may arise from it.