The members of the MNREGA Contract Employees’ Union are continuing with their stir to make the State Government accept their pending demands. They rallied at the Secretariat in the city on Friday. Demanding reinstatement of the contractual employees allegedly thrown out of jobs and regularisation of their jobs, the union members assembled at Parade Ground and shouted anti-government slogans. The members accused the state government of following anti-common people policy, resulting in the youth becoming unemployed in the state.
They started the rally from Parade Ground. When they were heading towards Secretariat they were stopped at Kanak Chowk. The protesters squatted on the road while raising slogans. The administration has deployed heavy police forces at the protest site to maintain law and order during the rally. An association member Rajendra Prasad Nautiyal said that they have been protesting for the past many months at Parade Ground but their demands are yet to be addressed by the state government. The association will gherao the Chief Minister’s residence if demands are not met soon, he warned. Among others who participated in the rally were Rakesh, Sudhir and DP Devli.