Several organisations protested in the city in support of their demands on Monday. However, things ended peacefully to the relief of the police with forces being deployed adequately to stave off any untoward incident.
Demanding appointment as contractual teachers, scores of guest teachers under the banner of Government Higher Secondary Guest Teachers Union took out a rally upto the Secretariat. They later submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister through an administrative officer.
Uttarakhand Purva Sanik Kalyan Nigam limited (UPNl) employees under the banner of Uttarakhand UPNl Employee Federation took out a rally for the Chief Minister’s residence, demanding the state government to step in to stop them from being thrown out of their jobs. They were stopped at the police barricade put up on Subhash Road. Earlier, the protesters led by Bavesh Jaguri assembled at Parade Ground and started rallying towards the Chief Minister’s residence. The administration deployed heavy police forces to maintain law and order during the agitation. They submitted a memorandum addressed to the CM through an administrative officer. The protesters said that the government officers exploiting them, they were being thrown out of their jobs despite them working in the same department for around five or six years.
“Side by side with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel, we work day and night when disaster occurs and now, we are being shown the door. We demand to be given status of regular workers in the departments we are working in,” said Jaguri.
In another agitation, some State Government employees under the banner of State Child Development Ministerial Association Uttarakhand rallied upto the Secretariat, accusing the state government of discriminating them on the matter of promotion. The protesters earlier assembled at Parade Ground. They also submitted a memorandum addressed to the CM through an administrative officer.
All the protesters hitting the roads were stopped at the barricade on Subhash Road. They squabbled with the police when the latter stopped them from jumping the barricade. later, they staged sit-ins at the barricade and shouted slogans against the State Government.