 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 5: Employees of Jammu and Kashmir government today began their two-day strike, demanding grant of 6th pay commission arrears and enhancement of retirement age to 60.
"Two-day long strike of J&K government employees has begun today. The strike by all the government offices, PSU and corporations has paralyzed the state administration today," said Ram Kumar, senior leader of Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of J&K government employees.
The strike is in protest against the state government’s lop-sided, non-serious and dilly delaying tactics of not implementing agreed demands of grant of 6th pay commission arrears, increase in retirement age from 58 to 60 years besides others, Kumar said.
There are over 4.5 lakh government employees apart from employees of various corporations, PSUs and autonomous bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.
As per the reports received from various parts of state including Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Rajouri, Poonch, Doda, Baderwah, Reasi Kishtwar, Samba, Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, Baralmulla, Kupwara, strike was held amid dharnas and protest demonstrations, JCC said. JCC is a conglomeration of over 50 different associations, federations, unions and organisations of various departments and PSUs in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Jammu, the JCC leaders Ram Kumar, Amrik Singh Deva Nand Gill, Balwan Singh Jamwal, Ganesh Khajuria, Kulwant Singh, Babu Hussain Malik, Joginder Pal, Balvinder Singh, Purshotam Sharma, Shahid Hussain, Uttam Chand, Bharat Bhushan, Amrik Singh Sasan, Dharminder Singh, Madan Sangral, Gopal Singh, Balbir Rahi, Darshan Mangotra, Rajinder Gupta, Ranjit Singh and Feroz Ali Khan visited almost all the office complexes, institutions to ensure that employees observe complete strike.
In Srinagar, the EJAC leaders Abdul Qayoom Wani, Khurshid Alam, Rafiq Khaniyari, Farooq Trali, Muntizer Mohidin, Khurshid Kute, Fiza Shabnum, Fiaz Andrabi, Javed Akhoon, Sayeda Ladakhi, Gazi Abdul Aziz, Shabir Ahmed Langu, Zulfikar Nain Bhat addressed employees gathering in Srinagar city and strongly criticized the government. JCC outrightly rejected roadmap of the state government for the payment of arrears of 6th pay commission.
Joint Consultative Committee of J&K Govt. Employees congratulated all sections of the govt. and public sector employees who made the strike programme a grand success and appeals the employees to hold rallies and demonstration in their respective district headquarters throughout the State.
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