Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Sunday used water cannons and tear gasoline shells to disperse a big group of state authorities workers holding an indication in Panchkula for the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme. Police took motion when the demonstrators, who had gathered on the Panchkula-Chandigarh border, tried to cross over into the Union Territory and march in direction of the Haryana chief minister’s residence and ‘gherao’ it to press for their demand. There was heavy police deployment on the web site on the border, police stated.
The demonstrators had gathered underneath the banner of the ‘Old Pension Scheme (OPS) Restoration Struggle Committee’ and a consultant of the panel, whereas talking to reporters in Panchkula, claimed that a couple of workers had suffered accidents in the course of the police motion.
#WATCH | Government workers protest close to Haryana CM’s residence in Panchkula demanding restoration of Old Pension Scheme; Large police power deployed pic.twitter.com/TrsTNzhNke
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2023
#WATCH | Water cannon used towards Haryana govt workers who’re protesting demanding restoration of Old Pension Scheme in Panchkula pic.twitter.com/x15q200xAw
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2023
“Restoration of OPS is a legitimate demand. Governments of Rajasthan, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have restored it. The Haryana government has given an excuse that the government will go bankrupt if OPS is restored, which is not correct,” the committee’s consultant stated.
He stated that an worker provides 25 to 30 years of service to a division. “Politicians have in the past also been getting pensions for multiple terms, so what are we demanding…,” he stated.
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