Blitz Bureau
A Bill providing of 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for statehood agitator s in Uttarakhand has been approved by Governor Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh (Retd).
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the government can never forget the struggle and sacrifices of the statehood agitators and gives top priority to their welfare. The Chief Minister said that with the approval of the Bill, a long-standing demand of the statehood agitators has been fulfilled.
He said that along with increasing the pension of the statehood agitators, the government has also decided to give pension to their dependents after their death.
Meanwhile, the statehood agitators and their dependents met Uttarakhand Chief Minister and expressed gratitude for the passage of the bill providing 10 per cent reservation in government jobs.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that the state government is continuously working to fulfil every resolution taken in the public interest. “In this direction, we have fulfilled our promise made to the state agitators,” Dhami said.
He said, “The state agitators have contributed a lot to the formation of Uttarakhand state, so to secure their rights, they should get 10 per cent horizontal reservation for this”.
