On the second day of the Vidhan Sabha session on Thursday, the members of different unions, including Uttarakhand Shiksha Acharya Association, BTC (correspondence) Trained Union and Uttarakhand Unemployed Diploma Ayurvedic Pharmacist Union, took out rallies to Vidhan Sabha and shouted anti-Government slogans in support of their demands.
The BTC (correspondence) Trained Union members assembled at Parade Ground and rallied up to the Rispana Bridge barricading. Police used minor force when agitators tried to break the barricading. later, they sat on demonstration and shouted anti-government slogans.
According to protesters, their demands include appointment of BTC trained persons as per government order date November 11, 2011. Uttarakhand Shiksha Acharya Association members also rallied from Parade ground till the barricading raising anti-Government slogans.
The association members alleged that their one point demand has not been addressed by the State Government despite assurances given by the state government. "The association has been agitating for more than 470 days at protest site, but the Government has remained apathetic to our demands," they added.
Dozens of Uttarakhand Unemployed Diploma Ayurvedic Pharmacist Union members rallied from Parade Ground to the barricading. The Union State president Deepak Thapliyal said that six months ago, the union members had staged a hunger strike outside Vidhan Sabha in support of appointment of Ayurvedic pharmacists to 180 vacant posts in government Allopathic hospitals. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna had deputed MlAs Subodh Uniyal and Vijaypal Sajwan and directed them to take steps for redressal of demands within three months. With this assurance, the association had called off its strike, but their demands are yet to be addressed. "We will intensify our protests unless demands are met," he added.