The Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that his Government is ready to have talks with the employee organisations on their demands.
In response to a question on agitation of the state government employees at IRTD auditorium here on Wednesday, the CM said that the conducive talks with employee organisations would be held to sort out the issues.
It is pertinent to mention here that that to get their long pending demands accepted, the different employee organizations of Uttarakhand have joined hands to form a joint forum. On Wednesday the number of employee organisations in to joint forum swelled to 32.
The agitated employees under the aegis of forum are holding gate meetings outside the head offices of different departments from May 7. On May 18, Dharnas would be held in all 13 district headquarters. The leaders of the forum would submit memorandums mentioning eleven demands to the DMs on the day.
The leaders of the forum suggest that the future course of agitation would be decided on May 18.
Chief Spokesperson of the forum, Ram Chandra Raturi welcomed the statement of CM regarding talks. He said that the joint forum has made it clear that it does not want any confrontation with the Government.
Raturi claimed that the forum has support of more than eight lakh State Government employees.