Hoshiarpur:- In protest against the policy of delay adopted by the Punjab government towards the demands of employees and pensioners, the state committee of the Employees and Pensioners United Front had announced a gherao of the Chandigarh Vidhan Sabha to delay the demands by giving time for repeated meetings by the government. A large number of mid-day meal workers left under the leadership of Kamaljit Kaur Kharadi, Balwinder Kaur and Amarvir Kaur to join this gherao.
On this occasion, the leaders said that the Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab is exploiting the employees, pensioners, laborers and common workers economically and the government is not resolving the rightful and legitimate demands of the mid-day meal workers nor is the government serious about these demands. Mid-day meal workers sit in front of the furnaces in uniform and cook food for the children.
The leaders reprimanded the state government and said that the promises made during the elections and the demands of the mid-day meal workers should be accepted immediately. If the Punjab government does not provide a meaningful solution to the above demands, then we will be forced to hold even bigger struggles in the coming time. Slogans were raised against the Punjab government on the occasion of leaving for the gherao of the Vidhan Sabha.
On this occasion, a large number of mid-day meal workers including Pradeep Kaur, Jeevan, Sunita Rani, Satvir Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Pooja Rani, Rupinder Kaur, Rajni Devi, Madhu Bala, Asha Rani, Usha Devi, Jasvir Kaur, Baljit Kaur, Bhupinder Kaur, Prabhjot Kaur, Neelam, Kulwinder Kaur, Jasvir, Nisha Rani, Hardeep Kaur, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurwinder Kaur, Harbans Kaur, Yamuna Devi, Surinder Kaur etc. were present.