STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Daily rated workers of different government departments on Tuesday held a joint protest at Exhibition Ground near Press Club demanding their regularisation and release of pending wages. The protesters were led by Tanveer Hussain (PHE), Akhil Sharma (PDD), Puneet Sharma (Health), Rajan Sharma (Agriculture), Shallo Ram (Forest), Sikander Singh (Tourism Department), Anurag Sharma (Swachh Jammu Mission Sangarsh Committee) and Kamla Sharma (Home Guard) and raised slogans against the administration and government. “We presented a memorandum of demands to the ADC Jammu, Arun Manhas yesterday with a request for forwarding the same to the Chief Minister for early fulfillment of the genuine demands of the workers of all departments,” they said. They warned the government if their genuine demands are not accepted in few days they will intensify their agitation and whole responsibility would lie on the government.