Rajya Karmachari Sangh will stage a series of dharna across the State to exert pressure on the ruling BJP Government for fulfilling its promise made in political manifesto for 2013 Assembly polls regarding providing four-tier promotion pay scale to State Government employee during their service tenure.
The decision to hold protest meetings was taken at a State-level working body committee meeting of Sangh held here on Wednesday. Kl Jaiswal, president of Raipur district branch of the association informed that from January 15, the members of Sangh would stage series of protests. During the protest leaders would hand over a letter to the District Collector addressing the Chief Secretary. If the Government does not initiate any step to fulfil the promise then in second step dharna would be staged in the headquarters of every division. On January 28, protest would be staged in Raipur, in Bilaspur on January 31, in Durg on February 3, in Jagdalpur on February 7 and in Ambikapur on February 10 dharna would be staged.
Further during the budget session of the state assembly a one day state wide dharna would be also staged, Jaiswal informed.He further said BJP in its election manifesto had also declared for the formation of a commission to sort out the discrepancies in the salary structure of government employees. BJP had also promised giving eligibility for pension to government employees completing 25 years of service, formation of administrative re-organisation commission, extending risk allowance to employees working in Naxal infested areas and also establishing of state employee welfare commission.