In order to the initiate successful Negotiations with the anguished District Development Council (DDC) members, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has invited them for a meeting on March 12.
It may be recalled that the DDC members started a strong protest in Jammu on Tuesday which continued on Wednesday also over the protocol and the honorarium after which LG Manoj Sinha invited them for a meeting.
It is pertinent to mention that the DDC members assembled outside Press Club Jammu and held protest on second straight day to oppose the government order over their protocol and honorarium.
It may be recalled that the administration, in an amended warrant of precedence on Monday, placed the DDC chairpersons equal to administrative secretaries at serial No. 26. The deputy chairpersons have been placed at number 27, with protocol equivalent to vice-chancellors of universities within the Union Territory (UT). The DDC members have been granted protocol equivalent to the block development council chairpersons or presidents of municipal councils and they figure at serial number 28.
The protesting DDC members alleged that the government earlier promised them for granting them status equivalent to Minister of State (MoS) or MLA status to DDC chairpersons in J&K and they added that now it seems status has been downgraded at the behest of people in bureaucracy.
