Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 22 2010:
The initiative to apply dies non to 55 selected employees of the secretariat service is part of government's "divide and rule" policy to break the unity of the agitating employees, the JAC of bodies of employees of secretariat service, PWD, PHED and IFCD today charged the government and warned that they will intensify the stir.
In an interaction with reporters at the PWD office complex today, members of the JAC revealed that the order of applying dies non to the 55 employees was issued by Department of Personnel and the officer signed in the order was not a full-fledged government employee.
The process is nothing but intimidating the employees.
The JAC condemned the act of the government, they said.
Even though employees of electricity department had retreated some steps from the understanding reached among the associations of employees Secretariat Service, PWD, PHED and Electricity Department, the three associations are still stand by the understanding and decided to intensify the agitations.
Members of the JAC taking part in the interaction with reporters also claimed that employees of fire service and security personnel also extending supports to the strike morally.
They have the confidence that they will also join the strike at the earliest.
By not inviting the striking JAC to the negotiating table, government has done a mistake.
As there is no other alternative to the government adamant attitude, employees will approach the matter to the Governor, Planning Commission and Prime Minister.
They are ready to go to the Governor, Planning Commission and Prime Minister at the earliest.
They also demanded that the three employees of the PHED arrested by the police should be release immediately without any condition.