The General OBC employees association, the umbrella organisation of employee associations of Uttarakhand which had spearheaded a successful fight against reservations in promotion received a jolt on Wednesday when many employee organisations parted ways with it. On the day, the office bearers of Rajya Karamchari Sanyukt Parishad, Uttaranchal Parvateeya Karamchari Shikshak Sangathan, Uttarakhand Diploma Engineers Federation, Uttaranchal federation of ministerial services association, class IV employees federation, Rajkeeya Vahan Chalak Mahasangh, irrigation department employees union and Uttarakhand Personal Officers/ assistant federation called up an emergency meeting and decided to get themselves detached from the General OBC employees association.
In a joint declaration, these organisations said that the decision to support General OBC employee association was taken in view to ensure that the order of the Supreme Court (SC) on removing reservation in promotion was implemented in the state.
“Now with fulfillment of the single point demand of removing reservation in promotions, all these associations have decided to part ways with Uttarakhand General OBC employees association,’’ the declaration read.
It is learnt that the tipping point between the leaders of the some employee organisations and the leadership of the General OBC employee associations was reached when the leaders of the later decided to start agitation against the recent decision of the Uttarakhand government to provide first place of the reservation roster in the new recruitment drives to the Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.
Some employee leaders wanted that the association should not involve itself on the issue of the reservation roster in recruitment and let the students and social organisation to take initiative on the issue.
The general secretary of the Rajya Karamchari Sangh, Arun Pandey told The Pioneer that the General OBC association demanded the support of all employee organisation on single point issue of reservation in promotions. He said that since the objective of ensuring that the SC order of removal of reservation in promotion is fulfilled there was no point in continuing in the General OBC association.
The President of the General OBC association, Deepak Joshi said that decision to part ways was taken by a handful of leaders without taking into others into confidence. He said that their decision would have no effect on the general OBC association and now it would register its protest on the government’s decision on roster in new recruitment.
Joshi also said that government should take back recognition of those associations which are headed by the retired persons.
