Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday came down on the Punjab Government for taking stringent action against the Government employees saying the Parkash Singh Badal Government had no right to curb the democratic rights of the people to protest peacefully.
Addressing a series of election meetings in Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency, the PPCC chief said it was the right of the people to agitate peacefully for their demands. “However, ever since this Government had taken over, such protests have been ruthlessly curbed by the use of brute force,” he said, adding, the only answer with the Government to the demands of various sections of society were the police lathis. The voice of the people could not be crushed like this.
He was referring to the police lathicharge against the agitating PRTC men, Multi purpose health workers (female) and arrest of ETT teachers.
He pointed out that the health working were agitating for the implementation of the decision already taken by the government to accept their demands on February 22 last. The main demand included regularisation of the temporary employees against the vacant posts which existed in the department.
He pleaded for the agitating workers, employees and advocated their right to protest peacefully. He was campaigning for Harminder Singh Jassi in Natt, lelewala, Sekhpura, Bhagwanpura, Nawa Pind, Jajjal, Teona Pujarian, Sangat Khurad and Rama Mandi.