Police union suspends protest plans, for now

  • | Friday | 8th February, 2019

He added, "The meeting of the DGP and the top officials is still on. ""We are hopeful of getting a positive response from the government. Our next course of action will depend on the outcome of the meeting," said Satyajit Mishra, president of OPA.The OPA's demands include compensatory allowance equivalent to a month's extra pay in lieu of duty on gazette holidays to all member ranks and fixation of grade pay of inspectors, sub-inspectors and assistant sub-inspectors according to the Seventh Pay Commission 's recommendation. CUTTACK: The Odisha Police Association (OPA) on Thursday suspended its plan to agitate for welfare schemes after the intervention of DGP R P Sharma.The OPA had planned a statewide agitation from Thursday and had asked its members to go on leave en masse from Saturday after talks between association representatives and the home secretary, held in the presence of finance secretary, failed on February 5.The OPA's general secretary Bishnu Das Bardhan said, "We didn't go ahead with the agitation after the DGP offered to discuss our grievances with the government."

CUTTACK: The Odisha Police Association (OPA) on Thursday suspended its plan to agitate for welfare schemes after the intervention of DGP R P Sharma.The OPA had planned a statewide agitation from Thursday and had asked its members to go on leave en masse from Saturday after talks between association representatives and the home secretary, held in the presence of finance secretary, failed on February 5.The OPA's general secretary Bishnu Das Bardhan said, "We didn't go ahead with the agitation after the DGP offered to discuss our grievances with the government." He added, "The meeting of the DGP and the top officials is still on.""We are hopeful of getting a positive response from the government. Our next course of action will depend on the outcome of the meeting," said Satyajit Mishra, president of OPA.The OPA's demands include compensatory allowance equivalent to a month's extra pay in lieu of duty on gazette holidays to all member ranks and fixation of grade pay of inspectors, sub-inspectors and assistant sub-inspectors according to the Seventh Pay Commission 's recommendation.

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