Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high at Mahatma Gandhi Marg here after a group of agitating computer coordinators scuffled with police on Monday.
A number of agitators were detained following the clash.
The incident took place when the protestors under the banner of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinators’ Association, who took out a huge rally and attempted to proceed towards Odisha Legislative Assembly, were prevented by the police personnel deployed at the spot. Following which they had a scuffle with the cops.
“The computer trainers engaged at more than 4, 000 schools across the state have been demanding regularisation of jobs, providing them a government employee status and opposing outsourcing of jobs since long. But the state government has turned a deaf ear to our issues”, one of the member of the association alleged.
The protest will be intensified in the days to come, if the government continue to remain callous towards our longstanding demands, the member added.
