Chalo Hyd Rally: JAC To Go Ahead

The Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers, Workers and Pensioners on Monday announced that it would go ahead with the proposed 'Chalo Hyderabad' protest march scheduled for Tuesday, in spite of being denied permission to do so.

Talking to media persons after meeting Chief Secretary S V Prasad at the Secretariat on Monday, JAC Co-Convenor Swamy Goud affirmed that there will not be any change in the agitational program.

Swamy Goud said the police has been harassing the JAC and has denied permission for the conduct of the 'Chalo Hyderabad' rally.

He revealed that the JAC leaders had met S V Prasad in this connection and apprised him of the latest developments.

Swamy Goud added that the JAC has decided to organise the rally as scheduled in spite of no police permission. In case the police prevent employees from holding their rally, they would hold a 'sit in' and conduct a demonstration on the road, he said.

He stated that the JAC was forced to take out the rally since the government had failed to honour its assurances that it would hold talks as stipulated by them.

The government was trying to "seize the rights of staff who were trying to ventilate their grievances in a peaceful manner", Swamy Goud stated. The government was in no mood to sanction their 11 demands, he added.

Prominent among these demands are the hike in HRA, gratuity and house rent, house-sites and free health card to staff. He deplored that the government had flatly refused to remove the outsourcing way of appointments saying that it was an all-India phenomenon.

The JAC also specified that their demands were not new and the additional burden would amount to only a little over Rs. 2,000 crores.

Other JAC leaders V Gopal Reddy, Devi Prasad, K Narasimha Reddy and P Madhusudhan Reddy were also present.

Courtesy: INN