STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: J and K Home Guard Welfare Association on Tuesday took out a protest march to Gharao secretariat which was foiled by the police.
Led by Association President, Kamla Sharma, a large number of Home Guards assembled at Mubarak Mandi from where they started protest march demanding implementation of Supreme Court (SC) order regarding extension of all benefits to Home Guards at par with police constables. Their protest march was foiled by police near Chowk Chabutra.
During the protest, Kamla Sharma accused the authorities for their slackness in implementing the Supreme Court order.
“Though Supreme Court order has been implemented in various states of the country like Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, MP, Gujarat and Rajasthan but in J and K it was not implemented till date, which is grave injustice with the Home Guards serving in the State”, she said.
She appealed to all members of the State Legislative Assembly as well as State ministers for taking up the issue of Home Guards in the budget session so that they may get their due rights.
She also appealed to the Chief Minister for extending benefits to the Home Guards as per Supreme Court directions.
Prominent among others who participated in the protest include Santosh Kumari, Kailash Devi, Shashi Bala, Darshna Devi, Sunita Devi, Usha Devi, Krishan Lal, Rakesh Kumar, Gopal Dass, Pawan Kumar, Soba Singh, Varinder Singh, Farooq Ahmed and Bilal Mushtaq.
