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By AT Kokrajhar Bureau |

Hundreds of  Panchayat Karmachari from BTAD districts joined hands in the sit-in-dharna programme in front of DC office in Kokrajhar on Wednesday demanding immediate solution of various demand and grievances, which included regularisation of jobs,release of salaries to the Karmachari in the region.

Agitators from four districts of BTAD with banner,placards staged dharna under the bnaner of BTAD Panchayat Casual Employee Association shouted slogans for demnading early initiative while bringing solutions of the Karmachari who are dropped from job since after creation of BTC in 2003 which was started from 11 am for three-hour.

There are still 188 panchayat karmachari in the BTAD region who were engaged and appointed prior to 1993 by Assam government to execute government duty and responsibilities in the Panchayat level.

A memorandum was also submitted to BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary through Kokrajhar Deputy Comssioner.

In BTAD region,panchayat employees are dropped in their jobs and since they become function less as BTC has no any panchayat activities as per the Sixth Scheduled area.They demanded that BTC administration should take proper policy while absorbing regularisation of panchayat employees so that they could get job regularisation in their life.

Nareswar Deka,president and Bipin Chandra Boro,secretary of the association demanded early solution of the problem and issues of the panchayat employees in the council region.They put pressure BTC administration for taking measures for the employees.

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