Police denies permission for 'Chalo Hyd', JAC adamant

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 SV Prasad at the Secretariat on Monday, the JAC Co-Convenor Swamy Goud affirmed that there will not be any change in the agitational programme.

Mr Swamy Goud informed that that the police has been harassing them and has denied permission for conduct of the 'Chalo Hyderabad' rally.

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

Mr Swamy Goud also revealed that in spite of no police permission, the JAC leaders have decided to organise the rally as scheduled. In case the police prevented the employees from holding their peaceful rally, they would hold a 'sit in' and demonstrate on the road itself. The JAC leaders will formulate their future course of action.

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 muzzle 'our' voice, seize the 'rights' of the staff, who were trying to ventilate their grievances in a peaceful manner, Mr 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 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 Rs 2000 crore plus.

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