Gurugram: Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Thursday turned a protest by hundreds of energy ministry workers exterior his official residence right into a political stage, urging staff demanding the chief minister’s ouster to repeat “unjust” slogans towards him as he was “having enjoyable” earlier than coming into the group to obtain a memorandum.
Greater than 5,000 Haryana Energy Firm workers mobilized by the Haryana State Electrical energy Board Commerce Union marched a few kilometer from Indira Park in Ambala Cantt to Shastri Colony Residence in Vij on Thursday evening, creating site visitors jams on each the Ambala-Sakha Expressway and the Ambala-Delhi Expressway.
Alongside the best way, the Vitality, Transport and Labor Minister’s motorcade encountered marching workers, and Mr. Vij bought out of his automotive and walked alongside the demonstrators, who chanted slogans towards the federal government and him personally:The combat towards oppression is our slogan (Our slogan is battle towards all acts of oppression).”
“Put on it once more.”
Reacting to the slogans, Vij instructed his workers who chanted slogans towards him exterior his residence:Please apply once more. It is enjoyable!”
He additionally instructed them to improvise the next sentence to the employees’ slogan:And Anil Vij is yours. (Anil Vij is yours too)”, to “The combat towards oppression is our slogan”.
The standoff was ultimately defused after Vij accepted the union’s memorandum at round 7:20 p.m., about two hours after the protest started. After exchanges between ministers and commerce union representatives, the demonstration was formally known as off by 7:30 p.m.
Vij couldn’t be reached for remark.
Based on a press launch issued by Biji’s media group, the minister has already requested authorities officers to arrange related recordsdata and can take motion in response to staff’ calls for.
Iqbal Chandana, state president of the Haryana State Electrical energy Board Union, stated the protests had been towards the state authorities’s insurance policies and the workers had been demanding restoration of the previous pension scheme, hazard pay for all workers, residence circle posting facility for these working away from their hometowns, and abolition of the net switch coverage.
Chandana stated staff working underneath Kaushal Rozgar Nigam in Haryana are additionally demanding equal pay for equal work, regularization of companies and introduction of switch facility between public undertakings.
Minister recognized for his unpredictable model
Thursday’s episode was simply the newest instance of Vij, a seven-time MLA from Ambala Kant and one of many Bharatiya Janata Get together’s most senior leaders in Haryana, turning a public standoff right into a defining second that garnered headlines.
Throughout Manohar Lal Khattar’s first time period, Vij confronted a Felony Investigation Division (CID) official stationed exterior his workplace and summoned a senior police officer, accusing him of being spied on.
In 2015, as well being minister, he bought right into a public spat with then Fatehabad SP Sangeeta Kalia over the dealing with of complaints relating to unlawful liquor gross sales and ordered her to go away a grievance redressal assembly. The episode noticed her transferred exterior the district and a discover issued by the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes over his remarks towards a Dalit police officer.
Kalia was evicted for the second time in 2018 for lacking a grievance assembly in Panipat.
Most lately, in February this 12 months, Vij was caught on digicam in a heated alternate with Kaithal SP Upasana when he refused on the spot a suspension order towards a police official accused of a Rs 700,000-crore land rip-off, telling him the matter was exterior his jurisdiction.
(Edited by Katyal Sugita)
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