Garhshankar- Today the monthly meeting of Punjab Pensioners Welfare Association Zone Garhshankar was held under the chairmanship of Shri Sarup Chand Zonal President. Today's meeting is the first meeting of the new session 2025-26 after the organizational elections held in December 2024. In the meeting, the colleagues were informed about the district body. Apart from this, the executive of Zone Garhshankar was expanded and a 21-member organizational committee was formed, which was approved by all and agreed. Various speakers also evaluated the past struggles.
Pensioners and employees participated in it with full enthusiasm. Although the achievements were less, but the morale remained high. Full pressure was maintained on the Punjab Government. Although the thinking of the government has not been sympathetic towards the employees and pensioners, but sooner or later the government will have to accept the demands. The decision of the Central Government to constitute the Eighth Pay Commission for 2026 is the result of pressure from the employees of the Central Government. The Punjab government and provincial governments, especially the Punjab government, should also take the initiative to constitute the Seventh Pay Commission as soon as possible.
The High Command has also announced the next struggles of employees and pensioners. In which 11 pensioners will sit on a one-day hunger strike at the Mini Secretary Office at the district level on February 7 and the rest of the colleagues will hold a rally at 3 pm and after that will submit a memorandum to the Punjab Government through D.C. Hoshiarpur. After holding rallies at the tehsil level from February 8 to February 20, a joint memorandum will be given to the ministers and MLAs of the Punjab Government at their residence by the employees and pensioners. By the end of February, when the assembly session begins, the pensioners and employees will hold 4 days of big rallies and after that will march towards the Assembly.
On the first day, all the pensioners of Punjab will march towards the Assembly after holding a rally. Employees and pensioners have started their preparations for the said program. Today's meeting was addressed by associates Shri Sarup Chand Pradhan, Balwant Ram, Parmanand, Sham Sundar Kapoor and Jagdish Rai. Shri Sarup Chand, Balwant Ram, Parmanand, Sham Sunder Kapoor, Roop Lal, Jagdish Rai, Ratan Singh, Malkit Singh, Gurmeet Ram, Joga Ram, Jeet Singh, Lambhar Singh and Gurmeet Ram Patwari etc were present in today's meeting.