Yogesh Raghuvanshi, state general secretary of the Sangathan said, “On humanitarian grounds we should be appointed as we were hired against the vacancies”, reported The New Indian Express.
The state government hired 6,213 workers on a three-month contract to manage the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the country since March. The contract ended on 30 November, and soon after, a number of workers assembled under the COVID-19 Swasthya Sangathan in Madhya Pradesh and demanded that they be absorbed into their roles because the health crisis has worsened in the state, reported New Indian Express.
‘Health Workers Were Protesting Without Permission’: Bhopal ASP
Speaking about the incident, DIG Irshad Wali said workers didn’t have permission to organise the protest for even a single day, reported The New Indian Express.
Bhopal ASP Rajat Saklecha told India Today that the protesters were sitting in Neelam Park without permission.
“They were protesting for the past four days and had…