Thiruvananthapuram: Job aspirants who have found a place in the PSC Last-Grade Servant and Civil Police Officer rank lists have decided to continue with the stir as the state government refuses to heed their demands to fast-track appointments or extend the tenure of the rank lists.
Meanwhile, youth seeking placements for jobs at high schools and higher secondary institutions have joined the stir. They had received the job advice memo but have been awaiting postings.
Seeking to regularise their service, several Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) have also arrived at the protest venue in front of the Secretariat.
Job-seekers who were hopeful that their demands will be discussed during the Cabinet meet on Wednesday were disappointed as no favourable decision was taken.
Teachers of aided primary schools that lost out on recognition and benefits due to fewer students also staged a protest by resorting to 'sayana pradakshinam' (rolling on the ground) at the protest venue on Wednesday. They were forcefully shifted to the hospital in the ambulance by the police as a few were visibly exhausted after being exposed to the blazing sun.
Also, a few Youth Congress leaders have been observing a fast, pledging their support to the PSC rank-holders’ protest. KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran, who visited their protest venue on Wednesday, said that the party was considering to take up the agitation.
BJP leader Shobha Surendran too began a 48-hour hunger strike in front of the Secretariat on Wednesday.
