After cop aspirants, VDF personnel set to launch stir
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 27 2016 :
All Manipur VDF Welfare Association has threatened to launch different forms of agitation if the assurance given by the Government on their demands is not translated into action before the State Assembly election to be held in the early part of next year.
Association president L Deben while talking to reporters at Manipur Press Club lamented that the Government has failed to keep its promise of hiking their honorarium by Rs 1000 .
He further said that it is an irony that Manipur Police Department has never issued uniform to VDF personnel who have been discharging duties just like police personnel since its inception.
Saying that association representatives had met the DGP on the issue on July 18 last, he said that his assurance to provide uniform is yet to be translated into action.
He said that all the VDF personnel have to buy their uniform on their own although they are given different tasks including mob control during many intense and violent agitations across the State.
Deben said that the Government is still withholding the honorarium of 2050 VDF personnel of Imphal West district with respect to the 45 days wasted by a past stir although there was no impact on the honorarium due to the stir in other districts.
Deben further lamented that the Government shows no interest in formulating a policy on the service security of VDF personnel who have been discharging duty with dedication with the hope that the Government would show some sympathies one day.
He said that the Government has turned a blind eye to the grievances and demands of VDF personnel despite repeated pleas and memoranda.
As such, they would be compelled to launch different modes of stir if their issues are not discussed in the State Assembly and translate the Government's assurances into action before the State Assembly election, Deben said.
He further said that the Government must be held responsible for any eventuality arising out of the issue.