THE JHARKHAND STOREY NETWORK
Dhanbad, March 19: The East Central Railway Karmchari Union (ECRKU) Dhanbad unit has postponed its day-long demonstration scheduled tomorrow across the Dhanbad Railway Division in support of different long pending demands of employees.
ECRKU Dhanbad unit leaders Somen Dutta, Netaji Subhash and NK Khawas jointly issued a notification today in the late afternoon regarding the postponement of the demonstration. The notification has been issued on the directive of Central Committee president DK Pandey and organisational general secretary Md Ziauddin.
ECRKU Dhanbad Division spokesperson Nil Kamal Khawas said that in the wake of the Lok Sabha election and implementation of the Model Code of Conduct by the Election Commission of India, ECRKU central leaders had issued notification for the cancellation of the March 20 demonstration in different divisions.
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Over 22,000 railway employees working in the Dhanbad Rail Division of East Central Railway had prepared to hold massive demonstrations in their respective working places in support of their long pending demands.
“After withdrawing the Model Code of Conduct, Union leaders again held a meeting and decided on a fresh date for the demonstration. ECRKU, under the banner of a different federation, had earlier announced a nationwide rail strike on May 1 over the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), but they withdrew the decision after the railway ministry assured them it would set up a committee for assessment.