KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) – the organization protecting the rights of government employees in Jammu and Kashmir – has threatened to launch a mass agitation if Government didn’t reinstate the employees sacked by it for their alleged involvement in anti-India activities.
Pertinently, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has sacked at least a dozen employees from different departments who were accused by the J&K police’s intelligence wing – the Criminal Investigation Department – of spearheading or participating in protests during the on-going pro-freedom uprising in Kashmir.
“The number of sacked employees exceeds 12 and it is round about 40. The incumbent government has been crossing all the limits of suppression. It will get nothing out of it. All the sacked employees are lower rung employees and we will protect their interests at any cost,” president EJAC Abdul Qayoom Wani told news agency CNS.
Accusing government of trampling the rights of people particularly employees, Wani said that EJAC will convene a special session where future course of action will be chalked out.
“How can you sack an employee without following any proper procedure? It is harassment and a move to cow down the employees who are also a part and parcel of the society,” he said adding that EJAC will provide legal assistance to these employees and will hit roads if government didn’t reconsider its decision.
“The astute and timid government has been pursuing a ‘silent and poisonous’ agenda. By sacking lower rung employees this government has virtually stabbed their families. We will defend the rights of these employees at any cost,” Wani added.
