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Cops lathicharge sacked PTIs protesting against Dushyant
The physical training instructors and khap representatives had taken out a march in Charkhi Dadri
HT Correspondent
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Rohtak : Haryana police on Friday used water cannons and resorted to lathicharge to stop sacked physical training instructors (PTIs), who were protesting against deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala and planning to gherao him during his visit to Charkhi Dadri district.
Superintendent of police Vinod Kumar said the police had to use water cannons and lathicharge after some protesters tried to cross the barricade outside the PWD rest house.
The physical training instructors had taken out the protest march along with Khap representatives and other social activists. Following the protests, the deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala cancelled his programme at the PWD rest house in Dadri.
Phogat Khap president Balwant Singh said they are protesting in support of the sacked PTIs, who are demanding that the state government reinstate them.“The government is trying to suppress the voice of the PTIs by using water cannons and resorting to lathicharge,” he added.
Alleging that the government had taken away their employment due to the fault of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC), the physical training instructors (PTIs) have been demanding an Ordinance to reappoint them.
It is pertinent to mention that the Supreme Court had set aside the recruitment of 1,983 PTIs, made in 2010 by the then Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government, after some irregularities were found in the recruitment process.
On August 23 this year, the HSSC had conducted a fresh recruitment exam for about 7,500 candidates, who had applied against the vacancies in 2006. Most the physical training instructors had boycotted the fresh exam that was conducted over a decade after the posts were first advertised.
The agitating physical training instructors have been demanding that the government should not declare the result of the fresh recruitment examination