Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir Fair Price employees union on Wednesday staged a protest at Press enclave demanding regularisation.
The protestors raised slogans, ‘cabinet decision lago karo’, ‘PDP Government Hai Hai’ and ‘choudhary zulumgaar Hai Hai’.
Fair Price Shop owners accused government of using dilly-dally tactics in their regularization process.
The protesting employees alleged that CAPD Minister Chowdary Zulifkar Ali is the biggest hurdle in implementing the cabinet order which will pave for their regularization.
The protesting employees said that they will not allow the department to open up new Fair Price shops until the government implements the Cabinet order. “If our demands are not fulfilled and we are not regularized, we will come on roads,” they said and added that the Fair Price employees will stage a massive demonstration against the concerned Minister and will gherao Secretariat on June 1 next month.
The protesting employees after staging protest tried to march towards Residency Road. However, police swung into action and detained scores of them. Police also charged the protesters with lathis when they tried to block the traffic on the busy road. “At least five protesters were wounded in police action,” said a protester.
