Uttar Pradesh’s Energy Minister A K Sharma on Saturday issued a stern warning to electricity department employees on strike, directing them to join their duties by 6 pm, or face dismissal.
The state-wide strike of electricity department employees continued for the second day on Saturday with their leaders warning that if the workers were dismissed or arrested, the 72-hour symbolic strike would turn into an indefinite strike.
In a statement on Saturday, leaders of Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti also warned that all electrical workers, junior engineers of energy corporations, engineers and contract workers will start a mass ‘jail bharo’ movement.
