Asserting that the lathicharge on protesting daily-wage staff of the Jal Shakti division mustn’t have occurred, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday mentioned he didn’t maintain management over the police.
MLAs in the course of the price range session of the Jammu and Kashmir meeting session in Jammu on Tuesday. The meeting witnessed noisy scenes on Tuesday as members reducing throughout occasion traces raised the problem of Monday’s lathicharge and detention of protesting daily-wage staff of the Jal Shakti division demanding the discharge of wages and regularisation of jobs. (PTI Photograph)
Because the Home assembled for the day, opposition members highlighted the protests by the daily-wagers, demanding the discharge of wages and regularisation of jobs, and criticised the lathicharge on them on Monday.
The BJP members walked out of the Home as ruckus erupted, when BJP and Nationwide Convention members engaged in a verbal duel on the problem. Intervening, Abdullah mentioned, “You (BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa) have asked a question, please wait for the answer.”
“As far as the police’s treatment of the protesters is concerned, I would like to remind Randhawa Sahab, who is making a noise about this issue, that unfortunately, neither you nor I have control over the police,” he mentioned.
The chief minister mentioned that as a substitute of making a ruckus contained in the Home, it could have been higher if the opposition raised the matter just a few kilometres from there (referring to the lieutenant governor), the place the precise management lies. “It would have been more appropriate to go there and ask why they were beaten up,” he mentioned.
Humanitarian challenge: Omar
Abdullah mentioned neither had been the protesters overwhelmed up on authorities orders, nor ought to they’ve been handled this manner.
“Even today, I maintain that these employees are ours. Their issues are genuine. This is not a financial issue but a humanitarian one. They should have been treated with humanity and sensitivity,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that he believes the priority proven by all of them within the Home should have reached the ears of the police. “Next time, when these people fight for their rights, batons will not be used against them,” he added.
As quickly as Abdullah completed his response, BJP MLA BS Mankotia requested why the daily-wagers had been compelled to take to the streets within the first place. This triggered a commotion with treasury and opposition benches holding one another of the plight of the daily-wagers.
MLAs of the treasury benches had been up on their ft and raised slogans, “Chor machaye shor.”
NC MLA Nazir Gurezi took potshots on the BJP saying, “The BJP ruled Jammu and Kashmir for 10 years (via the Centre) but did nothing for the daily-wagers and is shedding crocodile tears today. Even the daily-wagers couldn’t muster the courage to ask the BJP for their rights. Today, when there is an elected government in place, they have come out to seek justice.”
BJP MLAs staged a walked out from the Home.
Police foil march bid
On Monday, the police foiled a march by lots of of PHE daily-wagers, who needed to gherao the civil secretariat. Elevating slogans in opposition to the Omar Abdullah authorities for ignoring them within the latest price range, the daily-wagers tried to interrupt the cordon however the police used barricades and concertina wires to forestall them from marching forward.
The daily-wagers have threatened a three-day strike from March 20. The daily-wagers of the Jal Shakti division get ₹6,750 a month in violation of the minimal wages Act. Tons of of them have accomplished 15 to 25 years of service. The spine of the division, the daily-wagers have been in search of regularisation for the previous 20 years.
In accordance with an estimate, there are round 60,000 daily-wagers in varied departments of Jammu and Kashmir.