The 14th Finance Commissions Junior Engineers and Accounts Clerks cum Computer Operators on Saturday sat on a dharna on the middle of the road near Birsa Chowk in the State capital.
The protesters were going to the State Secretariat to meet the Chief Minister but police blocked the way to stop the protesters. The police had to use mild force to stop the protesters. The protesters had demanded that they have to meet the Minister and secretary of the Government to fulfill their demands. The police did not allow the march; consider it illegal to form a group.
When the protestors heading towards the Chief Minister’s office a minor clash took place between police and them. Police had to use force to control the situation. Some people have suffered minor injuries in it. It is being told that the protesters have been agitating for their demands for a long time. There was an assurance from the state government that the problems would be resolved soon. The employees concerned took the path of agitation against non-action of assurance.
The protest continued for the 30th consecutive day by the 14th Finance Commissions Panchayati Raj Employees Union, in the meantime, talks were held by the officials and the Minister of Rural Development, Alamgir Alam but it failed. They staged a sit-in near Birsa Chowk at 1:00 pm on Saturday afternoon; all the agitators suddenly started marching towards the Jharkhand Secretariat with shouting slogans carrying banners in their hands. Slogans started from both sides. The agitators were trying to forcibly opening the gate. The police closed the gate from the other side.
Meanwhile, MLA Irfan Ansari reached at the spot where the protest was going on. Ansari informed the protestor that the meeting of the Legislature Party is about to take place immediately, he is going there and put their demands forward and after the meeting of the Legislature Party, the MLA will come to inform the result of the meeting. He requested to give him only two days to reach on any conclusion. He assured that the contract term of the protesters will increase because they are residents of Jharkhand. After that it was decided by the agitators union that they all leave the road and sit again at the place where they are protesting for the last 30 days.