Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party on here Friday came in support of the dismissed data entry operators working with the technical education department of Punjab. Addressing the agitating operators at Punjab technical education board sector 36 Chandigarh today, AAP MLA and Chief Whip Sukhpal Singh Khaira said that the Congress party which promised to provide job to every household has started sacking already working people.
Sukhpal Khaira [File Photo]
Sukhpal Singh Khaira criticized the government’s move to dismiss the employees without any prior information and not paying salaries for last 3 months. He said that the employees were working on the DC rate salary. He said that the authorizes denial to meet the agitators shows that inhuman and insensitive behavior of government.
AAP leader further said that the agitators were harassed and humiliated when they tried to raise their issue with the concerned minister. Even the director of the department denied meeting the protesters.
He said that AAP stands by the demand of repatriating the employees and would support the peaceful agitation.