Narayanasamy visits PASIC employee in hospital

PUDUCHERRY: The Union Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy, on Sunday, urged the government to initiate steps to reinstate the retrenched employees of government-run corporations and other organisations.Speaking to reporters after visiting Krishnamoorthy, the Puducherry Agro Services and Industries Corporation (PASIC) employee who allegedly attempted to commit suicide by setting himself ablaze, Narayanasamy said the N R Congress government had retrenched over 4,500 part time employees, who are now leading a pitiable life. He added that nearly 10,000 employees in other government organisations have been working without salary for the last few months. He said the Congress legislators put pressure on the Rangasamy government in the Assembly to reinstate the retrenched workers and got an assurance from the CM.He added that no initiatives were taken by the Chief Minister regarding the matter.The Union Minister was accompanied by Leader of Opposition Vaithiligam and Congress MLA C Jayakumar when he met Krishnamoorthy, who is recuperating at the Government General Hospital.Reiterating that Rangasamy is looking after only his constituency, Narayanasamy said the CM does not care for people of other areas in the Union Territory.Narayanasamy said the government should get more funds from the Centre to implement development schemes and if it failed to do so then Rangasamy should quit. Narayanasamy along with Vaithiligam and Rajya Sabha member P Kannan met Home Minister P Chidambaram recently in New Delhi and raised the issue of retrenched workers.