PNS|Hyderabad
The leaders of the Telangana State Employees, Gazetted Officers, Teachers, Workers and Pensioners Joint Action Committee (TGEJAC) have warned the state government that if the promises made to employees are not honoured, they will not hesitate to launch a united, broad, extensive protest. The TGEJAC made it clear that they will launch a direct action plan after June 9 if issues remain unresolved.
TGEJAC leaders said that they will launch lunch hour demonstrations wearing black badges in districts and in the state capital on May 15. They also said that they will hold a Maha Dharna and rally from Sundarayya Vignana Kendram to Indira Park on June 9.
The TGEJAC leaders said that in addition to the above action plan, they will also consider working only during working hours (Work to Rule) and human chains and mass lunches (in front of government offices) and a state-wide pen down and mass casual leave stir.
They said there is strong pressure from primary members to announce direct action as the situation warrants. Telangana society has a history of never tolerating oppression, procrastination, hardships and humiliation.
The TGEJAC, on Sunday, conducted a day-long meeting of the Telangana State Employees, Gazetted Officers, Teachers, Workers, and Pensioners Joint Action Committee (TGEJAC) at the Sundarayya Vignana Bhavan. The meeting, convened to address the long-pending issues of employees, witnessed a massive turnout of thousands of activists from all the 33 districts, Hyderabad city, the secretariat committee and the 206 affiliated union leaders of TGEJAC.
Speaking at the event, TGEJAC Chairman Maram Jagadishwar and Secretary General Eluri Sreenivasa Rao said that the government’s indifference in resolving employee issues is pushing 13,31,000 families into a crisis.
“The BRS government’s delaying tactics in solving the fundamental problems faced by employees had caused severe unrest. This resentment played a key role in the Congress government coming to power, with employees and their families hoping for an end to their difficulties and the dawn of a new era. However, 18 months have passed since the change of guard. Despite repeated representations to the government, urging them to fulfil the promises made in their manifesto, and despite agreeing to wait when time was requested for resolution, prioritising the issues, the government has shown no sincerity in finding solutions. The Cabinet Sub-Committee, set up seven months ago, has not met even once,” they said.
