Patiala 27 August On the call of Class Four Government Employees Union Punjab (1680), fourth grade employees at the canal offices and canal colonies in Punjab protested against the wholesale transfers and pending demands and then cremated the mortal remains of the Water Resources Minister and Principal Secretary. This also includes breaking the canal offices and evicting the employees from their homes.
The Chief Minister's favorite Principal Secretary has been busy destroying the canal network for a long time. The Aam Aadmi Party may have to pay the price in the 2027 elections. Fourth grade employees from the canals are being made surplus to the employees from the dams. All the rules and principles are being flouted.
Here, the employees of various canal offices and the regional employees held a strong rally at the Water Resources Office Bara Khuh Complex and strongly mourned the Water Resources Minister and the Principal Secretary. They carried their bodies on their shoulders and placed them on the Patiala-Nabha road and set them on fire.
On this occasion, the State President of the Fourth Grade Employees, Darshan Singh Lubana and Secretary General Ranjit Singh Ranwan announced that the Arthi Fook Mujahid, which was to be held on September 7 at their assembly constituency Lehragaga, after the Water Resources Minister had been running away from talks for six months, will now be held on September 14 at Lehragaga, keeping in mind the rains and floods in Punjab.
The leaders who participated in the Arthi Phuk rally included Sarv Sri Baljinder Singh, Jagmohan Nolakha, Gurdarshan Singh, Ram Lal Rama, Shiv Charan, Vijay Sangar, Jaspal Singh, Gautam Bhardwaj, Prem Kumar, Makhan Singh, Kiran Pal, Major Singh, Darshan Singh Mallewal, Drlochan Mandoli, Ram Kishan, Inder Pal Walia, Ram Das, Hakam Singh, Harbhajan Singh Rohti, Baljit alias Balli, Sukhdev Jhandi, Harbans Verma, Hari Ram Nikka, Balvir Singh, Pritam Chand, Amrik Singh, Babu Ram Babbu, Darshan Singh Ghagga, Raj Kumar, Nisha Rani, Rajesh Kumar, Suraj Yadav, Amrik Singh, Ram Yodha, Swaran Singh, Budh Ram, Amar Nath, Budh Ram, Hardeep Singh, Hans Raj, Prakash Singh Lubana etc. While issuing a press note, Lubana said that the sanitation workers in the Municipal Corporation, The councilors are harassing and misbehaving with the sewermen, especially the women workers, on the instructions of the Health Minister's office staff.
A protest rally and demonstration against this will be held on September 02 at the Patiala-2 assembly constituency and a memorandum will be handed over by marching towards the Health Minister's office and residence and a demand will be made to stop misbehaving with the sewermen and women workers. A rally will also be held at the Municipal Corporation office with the above demands.