Title - Railways, farmers’ unions hold protest

Amritsar:
Activists of various unions of the Railways, farmers and Class IV government employees jointly held a protest march in the city today.They criticised the ill-conceived policies of the Central as well as state governments and railway authorities which resulted in inaction against the accused who committed a murderous attack on railway activists on April 27 during railway union polls. They alleged that the Railway Board and Central Government intended to privatise the Railways and felt union to be an obstacle in this direction.The farmers alleged that due to faulty policy matters, the farmers who had already been reeling under debt, were being suppressed economically leading to suicides by many of them.Class IV employees alleged that the management of the Health Department had been exploiting the employees on contractual basis and stopped the recruitment on regular basis. Om Prakash, president of the Dental College Union said the Class IV employees demanded Rs 1 lakh as interest-free loan for the marriage of their daughters and Rs 10,000 loan for the purchase of wheat, house loan on minimal interest basis, uniform allowance and risk coverage.