| Jammu, Nov 16: The National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) today urged Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to release two pending installments of 17 percent dearness allowance (DA). According to press release, NCP president SubashShastri said that the provisions in the annual budget, there should not be any hitch for the state government, more so when others states have already released the 17 percent DA installment since long said and adding that early decision in this regard would be genuine measure to provide some relief to them. Meanwhile he further asked the main stream political parties to make their respective stand clear regarding regularization of the services of 62 thousand causal/seasonal laborers/adhoc and contractual employees of the state government. "These parties should incorporate their firm stand regarding the fate of these workers in their election manifesto"' he said and added that if the particular party was sincere about this sensitive issue, they should make a commitment in their manifesto that if the party comes in power or become part of the coalition Government and they will take and settle the issue in its first cabinet itself. Among others who also spoke on the occasion were Rajan Babu Khajuria, Barkat Ram, Sudesh Bhagat, Paramjeet, Surrinder Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Mohan Lal and Sukhdev Singh. |
