‘Betrayed’ By J&K Bank, Khidmat Centre Professionals Go On Strike newsclick.in

Slogans of “We want jobs, we want jobs” rented the air as hundreds of e-governance facilitating Khidmat Centres Association (KCA) members staged a protest demonstration in Jammu demanding their absorption in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Bank as regular employees. The protest entered its 16th day on Wednesday, and the protestors remain unflinching and have resolved to launch a hunger strike if their demands are not met.

Speaking to Newsclick, KCA leader Tehseen Hussain said, “It was in 2009 when Khidmat Centres were started by the J&K Bank with the promise that all e-governance services will be routed from these centres. It has been 11 years, but not even a single service has been routed through us. We have been protesting for a very long time and each time, the J&K Bank gave us assurances, but nothing has happened so far.”