Association begins drive to protect govt staff

dharwad: the karnataka rajya grameena kripanka noukarara kriya samiti (krgknks), an action committee of the employees selected on the basis of rural weightage has started a campaign and is making elected representatives write letters to chief minister krishna urging him to protect the interest of the employees. the affected employees will submit a memorandum to tahasildars of their respective taluks on saturday.the rural employees' rights day was observed in dharwad on monday by the committee as part of world human rights day. dharwad mla chandrakant bellad urged the karnataka government to take steps to safeguard the interest of those employed on rural weightage in view of the supreme court's verdict squashing the recruitment. gurumurthy yaragambalimath of akhila karnataka prathamika shikshakara sangha, said, his organisation would make efforts to pressurise karnataka chief minister s.m. krishna to promulgate an ordinance and continue the employees in service. a.r. mallapur, manjunath hegde, guru pol, sahadev byatager also spoke. the members of the action committee also approached dharwad rural mla shivanand ambadagatti and urged him to write a letter to krishna.