Dak Sevaks call for Bharat bandh on June 4
Bengaluru, May 31: The Grameen Dak Sevaks Association has said that it has called for Bharat bandh on June 4 demanding implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations for the Grameen Dak Sevaks.
The indefinite dharna being conducted by the Dak Sevaks demanding the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendation in order to implement the Kamalesh Chandra report to remove the salary disparity has reached 11 day. Even then, the central government has kept silent over the issue, said association secretary KS Rudresh.
The protest would be continued in front of various other post offices in Bengaluru every day. Even after 18 months of submitting the report by the Kamalesh Chandra Commission, the central government is dilly dallying to implement it. In order to draw the attention of the central government, the Grameen Dak Sevaks have been staging protest in front of the post office since May 22, he said.
Total 2.85 lakh employees have been suffering from the pay disparity. Moreover, over 4000 employees have been to Raj Bhavan on May 28 and submitted a memorandum to the Governor besides submitting the memorandums to Union Ministers DV Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar. If the government failed to take action immediately, they would observe Bharat Bandh on June 4, he said.
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Venkatesh Prasad elected KSCA president, Sujith Somasundar is new vice-president
Bengaluru (PTI): Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad was on Sunday elected as the new president of the troubled Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
In the polls, Prasad, a former vice-president of the association, went ahead of veteran sports administrator KN Shanth Kumar 749-558 as a total of 1307 members voted.
Prasad now will have the onerous task of bringing top-flight cricket back to the state, which got sidelined after the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 in which 11 Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans were killed.
Both Prasad and Shanth Kumar, Director of The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd and one of the Directors on the PTI Board, had vowed to take necessary steps to revive cricket in the state, and it was their respective panel's major poll pitch.
Former India batter Sujith Somasundar won the election to the post of vice-president ahead of D. Vinod Shivappa 719-588.
Somasundar had stepped down from the post of Education Head at the BCCI Centre of Excellence recently to contest in the KSCA polls.
BN Madhukar is the new KSCA treasurer after winning the election 736-571 ahead of MS Vinay. Experienced administrator Santosh Menon returned to the association fold as its new secretary after getting the better of ES Jairam 675-632.
Jairam had resigned from the post of KSCA secretary after 11 fans were killed and several injured in the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, taking the moral responsibility for the tragic turn of events.
The Prasad-led panel, which had the open backing of former India players Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, hence grabbed four key posts in the polls which were held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium between 10am and 5 pm.
“First and foremost, this is a victory for the sport of cricket. Secondly, this is a victory for all the members who wanted a change, all the people who wanted international cricket to come back to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. This is a victory for all stakeholders — the cricket fans,” Prasad told reporters after becoming president.
The Brijesh Patel-backed camp saw BK Ravi from its list winning the race to the post of joint secretary 669-638 ahead of AV Shashidhara.
Former women’s cricketer Kalpana Venkatachar (764) and former Karnataka wicketkeeper batter Avinash Vaidya (691), who contested from Prasad's panel, were elected as members from the Bangalore Zone along with Aashish Amarlall (703).
