Andhra workers will have to go back: KCR
Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday dropped a bombshell stating that Andhra officials working in Telangana would have to go after the bifurcation.
Speaking at a felicitation function organised by the TNGOs, Mr Chandrasekha Rao said, “There will be no options (given to employees to choose cadres of either state. They will have to leave. After all, the Andhra government will also have to function.” He added that Telangana employees would get promoted to the vacancies arising out of shifting the Andhra employees.
The TRS chief’s comments were widely condemned as they are against the basic principle the Centre applies for cadre allotment for state employees at the time of division.
The department of personnel and training clearly states that “the broad principle of allocation of state cadre employees which inter alia include allocation first by “option”, followed by “domicile” (home district) and lastly by inclusion of “junior-most” personnel in the reverse order of seniority”. Mr Chandrasekhar Rao’s comments have thus added fuel to the ongoing agitations in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Government employees from the two regions decided to boycott duties on Saturday in protest against his remarks. The AP Non-Gazetted Officers Association also condemned his comments and threatened to launch a flash strike.
Hundreds of Andhra employees in the Secretariat and other places are already on the warpath over the state’s bifurcation and have been striking work fearing repatriation.
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