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| 6th Pay Commission row | | JCC to march from Pres Club to Assembly today | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 6: The Joint Consultative Committee, an amalgam of various employees unions in Jammu and Kashmir, is gearing up to hold protests in Jammu tomorrow with hundreds of employees from Kashmir joining their Jammu counterparts.
The JCC would start their protest rally from Press Club Jammu and march towards Assembly in support of its demand for release of sixth pay commission arrears, enhancement of retirement age from 58 to 60 and some other demands. JCC leaders, Abdul Qayoom Wani and Khursheed Aalm would lead the protesting employees.
The JCC leaders warned the coalition government to desist from the “anti-employees policies and shun the path of confrontation.”
“The government has back-tracked from the promises and agreements made with the JCC leaders from time-to-time,” JCC leader and EJAC (Q) chairman, Abdul Qayoom Wani said.
“The agitation would be intensified in case the demands are not accepted at the earliest,” he warned alleging some of the senior cabinet ministers were misleading the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah regarding the demands of the employees
JCC leader and EJAC (K) chairman, Khursheed Aalm said employees are demanding their dues peacefully. “If force is used against them serious consequences would arise and Government would be responsible for that. We will start our protest from Press Club and peacefully march towards Assembly.”
Both the JCC leaders appealed Chief Minister to solve the ‘genuine’ demands of employees at the earliest to avoid confrontation.
The decision was taken after a meeting of JCC leaders in Jammu in which EJAC (K) president, Khurshid Alam and EJAC (Q) president, Abdul Qayoom Wani participated. Sources told KNS that it was decided in the meeting it was decided that agitation would be intensified in coming days and in first phase a strong protest would be held outside the Assembly on March 7.
The JCC leaders asked the government to shun its dilly-dallying tactics and fulfill the employees’ genuine demands including release of pay commission arrears and 10 per cent DA and raising of retirement age to 60.
Senior leader of JCC and EJAC (K) chairman, Khurshid Alam that to break the silence of government over the genuine demands of employees, ‘it was decided that new state wide agitation would be launched.’
“Government is forcing employees to come on roads. Employees are demanding their rights which are being denied to them. Instead of paying the employees their due, brute force is being used against them when they protest,” he said.
Alam said that all tehsil level employee leaders would sit on a darhna outside the Assembly on March 7.
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