Photo: T. Singaravelou

APPEAL TO EMPLOYEES: Chief Minister N. Rangasamy talking to striking employees of JIPMER and leaders of political parties in Puducherry on Thursday. — Photo:

Puducherry: Chief Minister N Rangasamy has appealed to the employees and staff of the Centrally administered JIPMER to call off their strike and resume duty immediately as health care services should not be affected any longer.

The employees are protesting the Central Cabinet's decision to confer autonomy on JIPMER through an Act of Parliament. Their strike entered the 14th day on Thursday.

He told this to newsmen after meeting a delegation of the JIPMER Anti Conversion Action Committee on Thursday. A delegation of the Committee could proceed to Delhi to hold talks with the authorities there to explain the apprehensions of the employees when JIPMER was made an autonomous institution.

T Murugan (CPI-Marxist), C H Balamohanan and R Anandrasan (Confederation of the Associations of Employees of the Puducherry Government) and representatives of the JIPMER Staff Struggle Committee met the Chief Minister with employees.

The struggle committee would meet the Chief Minister again on Friday and finalise its next course of action.

Intimidation of staff

Meanwhile, a delegation led by the general secretary of the Central Federation of Associations of State Government employees P Lakshmanasamy called on Lt. Governor Mukut Mithi at Rajnivas. Mr. Lakshmanasamy later told newsmen that the delegation had brought to the attention of the Lt Governor the intimidation faced by employees of JIPMER and their families from unidentified persons since last night. He said they had sought protection.

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