The Nikhila Odisha Gramya Rojagar Sevak Sangha (GRSS) Jagatsinghpur district unit staged a demonstration and protest meeting in front of the Collector’s office here on Thursday demanding fulfillment of a series of demands, including job regularisation.
Earlier, the GRSS activists took out a rally from the College Square to the Collectorate Parade Ground. They claimed that though they have been working in gram panchayats for the past eight years as contractual employees, the State Government has not taken any steps either to hike their remuneration or regularize their jobs.
Their demands include provision of EPF and ESI benefits and cent per cent job reservation for Village level Workers and appointment of Panchayat Executive Officer in the GRSS. later, the GRSS leaders headed by GRSS district president Pankaj Swain and general secretary Udayanath lenka submitted a memorandum to the Jagatsinghpur ADM in this regard.