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| Time for state govt to say 'Yes' to employees' demands | | | early times report
Srinagar, June 14: The continuing protests by the state government employees for resolution of their demands have become a bizarre drama the state government has been watching almost like a spectator.
Police is used to conveniently keep the protesting employees at bay so that the semblance of normal discharge of duties by the employees inside the civil secretariat in Srinagar remains intact. Dozens of protesting employees and their leaders are bundled into waiting police vehicles and lodged momentarily inside police stations in the city.
Sympathizers of the 'arrested employees and their leaders' enter with foodstuffs into the police stations and after serving these to the arrested employees and their leaders, the day's job is done both for the protesting employees and the state government.
Water canons are freely used to disperse the employees who are protesting for their genuine demands but the state government has not already agreed in principle to give to its employees. So long as the protests by the state government employees do not spill over and remain within manageable limits, the problem does not pose any serious challenge to the government. Had the government been seriously concerned then a senior minister would not have said that the demands of the employees cannot be met overnight, therefore, the employees must show patience.
The statement made by the minister gives an impression as if the agitating employees have raised their demands today and they want their resolution by tomorrow. Also embedded in the same statement is the ease and leisure with which the state government is viewing the situation created by the employees' agitation.
The agitating employees must do nothing that would increase the hardships of the already overburdened common citizen of the state for whom visiting a government office is anyway a harrowing experience. At the same time, the state government must not test the patience of its employees who are basically the hands and arms of the state government. No government, however, mighty and powerful can test itself on its own employees. The loyalty, honesty and dedication of the government employees are a fundamental must for the successful functioning of the state government.
In fact, the state government and its employees are one identity and need to be seen as such. The horse cannot and should fight with the cart. It is the constitutional duty of the state government to ensure that the genuine demands of its employees are met without giving them the reason to hit the roads. The state government on September 15 last year confirmed to the agitating employees that their demands were under active consideration and in principle these had been agreed to.
There is no reason now to delay the decisions on these demands. Time is precious and instead of trying to see the entire crisis as another ego clash between itself and its employees the state government must resolve the problem. The employees are mature enough to understand whether the government is genuinely trying to help them or trying to buy time to wear them out.
In a state that has thousands of problems which trouble the common man, the impasse over the employees' demands would only make matters worse for the common man.
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