The rural well being pharmacy officers and class-IV staff on Wednesday scuffled with police outdoors rented lodging of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday.

The protesting staff are demanding a wage hike and regularisation of their providers.

They have additionally determined to not be part of their duties at Aam Aadmi Clinics which the federal government has deliberate to inaugurate within the state on January 27. The protesting pharmacy officers and class-IV staff have already stated that they won’t be part of Aam Aadmi Clinics until their calls for are met. Earlier that they had threatened to boycott their duties however on Wednesday they’ve taken last name on it after the scuffle with cops throughout their protest. Earlier within the day, they gathered close to Verka Milk plant and began strolling in direction of CM residence however their march was foiled by the police. A second try of the protestors to march in direction of the CM’s residence led to their conflict with cops.

Sandeep Pal, vice chairman of the agricultural well being pharmacy officers’ affiliation, stated that the state authorities goes to inaugurate 500 Aam Aadmi Clinics in Punjab and 200 contractual rural pharmacy officers and 300 class-IV staff are deployed at these clinics.

He stated that they’ve been engaged on contract foundation within the rural dispensaries for the previous 16 years at meager salaries. The rural pharmacy officers are receiving solely ₹ 11,000 and class-IV staff are getting paid ₹ 6,000 per 30 days. There are a complete 1007 contractual rural pharmacy officers within the state in opposition to 1185 sanction posts and the contractual class-IV staff within the rural dispensaries are 1013. “We will not join duties till our demands are accepted. The government has given us a meeting at CM house on February 15.”