People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Vol. XXXVIII

No. 05

February 02, 2014

 

BIHAR

 

                                                        Mid-Day Meal Workers Organise Militant Demonstration

 

Bidyut Pal

 

THOUSANDS of mid-day meal workers coming from the districts of Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura staged a militant demonstration in front of the Commissioner’s Office on January 24, 2014. The demonstration was held under the banner of Mid-day Meal Workers’ Union and led by its Pramandaliya Sanrakshak, Vinod Kumar. CITU state secretary, Ganesh Singh, Dr Chandrabhash, Ganesh Manav, Vyas Prasad Yadav, Manju Devi and other leaders addressed the demonstrators.

 

There was an atmosphere of chaos inside the Commissioner’s Office due to this demonstration held outside on various demands like the regularisation of service, pay-scale, payment through bank account and issuance of appointment letters to the cooks.

 

All the senior officials were conspicuous by their absence altogether. Such an important project like mid-day meal is implemented in the schools of Bihar on a daily wage of Rs 33 only. The demonstrators said that they will develop the movement in stages all over the state if their demands are not fulfilled.