Chandigarh, August 22 — Haryana Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Sh. Krishan Kumar Bedi said that the state government has agreed to 13 of the 14 demands raised by the Haryana Nagar Palika Karamchari Sangh. Importantly, legal opinion is being sought on the demand for regularisation of employees. Further action on this demand will be taken as soon as the legal opinion is received.
Minister Sh. Krishan Kumar Bedi was speaking to journalists after a meeting held at the Gymkhana Club in Kurukshetra on Saturday. Earlier, Sh. Bedi held detailed discussions in a cordial atmosphere with the 10-member committee of the Sangh along with the Haryana Fire Services Employees Union on all their demands and issues. He said that the office-bearers of the union would soon be facilitated to hold discussions with Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini.
Speaking to the media, Sh. Bedi said that Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini had assigned him the responsibility of holding discussions with the union representatives. He said that he had held discussions with the union representatives today and had also met them earlier on August 5.
He said that the union had placed 14 demands before the government, of which the government had agreed to 13. Regarding the demand for regularisation of employees, he said that legal opinion was being sought to ensure compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court and the High Court. After receiving the legal opinion, the government would take further action on the matter with seriousness.
He further said that a meeting between the union representatives and Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini would be arranged soon.
