The district unit of the Himachal Pradesh State Pensioners Welfare Association has urged Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to summon a meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of pensioners of the state so that all their long-pending problems are reviewed and solved at the earliest according to the election manifesto of the ruling party.
Hukam Singh Thakur, spokesman of the District unit of the Himachal Pradesh State Pensioners Welfare Association, while talking to mediapersons here today, said this unanimous resolution was adopted in a largely-attended meeting of the district unit. The meeting was presided over by Rama Nand Sharma. State senior vice-president JK Nadda and district general secretary Jagdish Dinesh also addressed the meeting.
Another resolution said the government should immediately release at least 8 per cent dearness allowance (DA) instalment due since January this year. District president Rama Nand said all units in the district here had contributed Rs 1,62,221 towards the recent natural calamity in Kinnaur and Uttarakhand.
He said this amount was being sent to state president Jiva Nand Jivan through a demand draft, which would be forwarded to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh along with other such amounts collected by district units of the state association in other districts.
The meeting was attended by leaders drawn from all parts of the district, including Jaswant Singh Chandel, Sohan Singh Patial, Birbal Dhiman, Sita Ram Sharma, Kala Chandel, Daulat Ram Chauhan, Lekh Ram Sharma, OP Garga, Bhag Singh, Udho Ram, Prem Lal Bina, Sohan Lal, OP Mehta, Thakur Dass Azad, Shankar Dass Sharma, Mahender Bakshi, Sada Ram Kaundal, Sada Ram Thakur, Bali Ram, Milkhi Ram, Sita Ram, Ravinder Bhatta, Dr Upender Gauttam, Kuldip Thakur and GL Sharma among others.
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