Kejriwal told to clear stand on how he will give regular jobs

Neeraj Bagga

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Amritsar, January 19

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal had extended support to contractual employees before the Model Code of Conduct. Now, these employees and even opposition leaders are asking him to make his stand clear on giving them regular jobs after coming to power.

Harpreet Singh, a member of the B Ed, TET Pass Union, says Kejriwal had voiced concern over agitating contractually appointed and even qualified but unemployed teachers in the state.

He even quoted the Delhi model in his speeches. Now, it is the turn of his party to elaborate the plan on the hiring of teachers. He rued that qualified youth have been the biggest sufferers of the policies of successive governments whether the Akalis or the Congress.

Kuljit Singh, a leader of the Punbus Contractual Workers’ Union, said there are over 37,000 contractual employees working in the state government as well as in the state-owned boards and corporations across the state. They appreciated the gesture of Kejriwal, when he had participated in the protest of state government employees. These employees and their families look towards Kejriwal with a glint of hope in their eyes to resolve their economical problems.

Opposition leader Lakshmi Kanta Chawla asked Kejriwal what would be the policy of his party towards workers employed on contract, outsourced and third party.

She said the erstwhile Charanjit Singh Channi, Captain Amarinder Singh and Parkash Singh Badal governments completely disappointed the employees. These leaders hired more than 50,000 employees through various modes and assured them of regularisation after three years. However, even after serving for more than 15 years, these employees were employed as temporary workers.

“These days, AAP supremo and his party leaders are making many announcements. So, in this light they should make their stand clear before the elections on the service sector.”