Thousands of special survey contract workers took out a protest march on 11 September on the roads of Patna under the leadership of AICCTU, Mahasangh (Gope) and Special Survey Contract Workers and Engineers Association against the brutal police lathi charge on the dismissed (7480) protestors in front of BJP State Office yesterday where they were raising slogans against their dismissal, and for immediate reinstatement and fulfillment of five point demands.

Their demands include regularisation of the services of all special survey workers, stop police repression of protesters, implementation of the same honorarium as per regular posts of AE-JE-UDC. During the demonstration, the workers protested against the dictatorship of the government by lighting the flashlight of their mobile phones.

CPIML Legislative Council Member cum Scheme Workers leader Shashi Yadav and AICCTU National Secretary Ranvijay Kumar addressed the march at Buddha Smriti Park. They said that instead of providing jobs to the youth, the BJP-JDU government is snatching jobs from the youth and when the youth are protesting for job restoration and their demands, they are resorting to lathicharge. The Nitish government does not have the courage to negotiate, so the government is resorting to police repression and harassment.

The government should immediately take back the special survey contract workers in service by withdrawing the dismissal order and make their service permanent and fulfill all the legitimate demands. The youth of Bihar will strongly reply to the dictatorial attitude of the BJP-JDU government.