To pressure the State Government for fulfilment of their four-point demand, Uttarakhand Rajaswa Sangraha Amin Sangh (URSAS) continued with its stir that got into 26th day on Tuesday.
Its members were seen demonstrating outside the Secretariat, shouting anti-government slogans on Tuesday. However, protesters met the State Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday evening and their meeting with the CM Rawat was on while the story was filed.
The works in Dehradun Tehsil have been adversely affected due to ongoing strike dragging on for nearly a month. Hundreds of protesters assembled at Parade Ground and took out rally to the Secretariat by shouting anti-government slogans. The protesters were stopped outside barricade posted outside the Secretariat.
They squatted there and raised anti-government slogans. They alleged that despite submitting several memorandums to the officials concerned, their grievances are yet to be addressed by the State Government.
later, the protesters submitted a memorandum to the administrative officer. Their demands are- six percent seats should be kept reserved for the Amins for the post of Nayab Tehsildar, discrepancies in salaries of Amin as compared to those of lekhpal and Patwari should be removed, stationary allowance should be increased, among others.
The protesters had earlier planned to take out rally up to the Chief Minister’s residence but they were stopped by the district administration midway. Finally, they protested outside the Secretariat in support of their four- point demand. The agitators warned that they will intensify their agitation unless demands are met soon.
Among those present on the occasion were Shashikant Naithani, Pradeep Singh, Sanjay Anand, Nitin Verma, Virendra Singh Rawat and Suresh Semwal.