Uttarakhand / Dehradun : Walked barefoot to the Secretariat of Diet DLED Trainees carrying footwear, thali
The DIET DLED trainees, who were sitting on a dharna in the Directorate of Education since August 6, demanding the appointment, traveled barefoot to the Secretariat carrying shoes, slippers and a plate. Those who were stopped by the police by putting up barricades before the secretariat. Where there was a heated argument with the police. The secretariat, which started from the parade ground, sat on a dharna in front of the trained barricading to stop the march and started shouting slogans. Later, the delegation of trained personnel was taken to the Secretariat by City Magistrate Kushm Chauhan, CO Shekhar Suyal, Juhi Manral for talks. Himanshu Joshi, State Secretary, Diet DLED Association said that 519 DLED trained are suffering unnecessarily in the apathy of the government and the court cases filed by other unions. In such a situation, we were forced to walk barefoot with plates and shoes in our hands. If the demands are not resolved soon, then steps like dharna, rally, diploma withdrawal, minister gherao will continue to be taken. State media in-charge Prakash Danu said that we got 650 trainees selected from 70000 candidates and got 2 years training which was completed in December 2019. Since then, they have been pleading for the demand of recruitment. He also staged a dharna in the directorate thrice. But the recruitment process itself was put on hold.
The union said that in a conversation with Education Secretary Radhika Jha in the secretariat, they have accepted the demand of dieticians and said that on August 16, the case will be advocated by the Advocate General in the court. The primary teacher recruitment will be completed soon after disposing of the pending case in the court. State Vice President Diksha Rana has said that till the primary teacher recruitment is not completed, the dharna will not be postponed. Will continue the dharna in the Directorate of Education.