As the ongoing strike of the National Health Mission (NHM) workers, Haryana entered its 13th day on Monday affecting health services across the state, Haryana Government has warned the striking employees to return to their duties.
While terming the ongoing strike by NHM workers as “irrelevant”, Health Minister Anil Vij on Monday said that there is a particular group which is going on strike time and again while the authorized union of NHM is working.
“We will take action against the striking employees. People who do not want to work will be expelled and the government would start new recruitments in the state,” Vij said.
The NHM workers are on strike since February 5 and have announced to continue the strike till their demands including regularization of their services are fulfilled. Services of many agitating NHM employees have already been terminated by the State Government last week.
The Health Minister also said that demands raised by protesting employees are inapt and cannot be fulfilled.
Earlier, Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Haryana, Amneet P Kumar had said that the employees of NHM are being given annual increments, D.A and other benefits as per the service by-laws which has resulted in financial burden of Rs 110 crore per year on the State Government.
She added that the employees of NHM have gone on strike 10 times during last two years in an unconstitutional manner.