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Monday, June 7, 1999
Protest against hike in house rent
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
PATIALA, JUNE 6: Class IV employees of the Rajpura colony area here organised a jaago last night. Women went through the streets chanting Badal sarkaar jaag bai hoon jaago aayee hai, bole Badala bai hoon jaagoo aayee hai.The gathering was later addressed by the leaders of Class IV Government Employees' Union, Punjab. Among those who addressed it were Darshan Singh Labana, Sher Singh Bishat, Prem Kumar Arora, Roop Lal Bagha, Mohan Singh Negi and Krishan Chand Chaudhary. They condemned the state governments decision to increase the house rent of government accommodations by 10 per cent, calling it an anti-employee step.Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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