Telangana JAC splits

Telangana JAC splits

Joint struggle panel formed
Leaders of new outfit meet Chief Secretary

Resentment over JAC calling off non-cooperation stir

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Employees, Teachers and Workers, which spearheaded the non-cooperation agitation by Telangana employees recently, suffered a setback on Thursday when a rival group formed a new organisation to represent the estimated 4 lakh employees of Telangana region of the 12 lakh-odd government staff in the State. The leaders of the new outfit going by the name of the Joint Struggle Committee (JSC) of the Unions of Telangana officers, Employees, Teachers and Workers, met Chief Secretary S.V. Prasad led by its chairman, K. Gopal Reddy, requesting that they too should be consulted on service matters.

E. Venkatesham, working president, and T. Prabhakar, secretary-general, said they were forced to form the new organisation to represent the Telangana staff as leaders of the JAC had allowed themselves to be “purchased” by the government and had called off the non-cooperation agitation. They said that there was widespread resentment among the Telangana staff over the calling off of the non-cooperation agitation.

During the meeting with the Chief Secretary, they requested the re-issue of GO No 146 so that representatives of all Telangana service organisations, including theirs, could be represented in the empowered committee formed by the government to oversee the implementation of GO No 610.
HINDU-APRIL 1,2011