JAMMU, Mar 17: Reserved Category employees who fled Kashmir following last year’s targeted killings of their colleagues announced on Friday the suspension of their 290-day strike seeking relocation away from the Valley.
Reserved Category Employees’ Association leader Kuldeep Kumar said the decision to suspend the strike was taken after a 10-member coordination committee held several rounds of talks with the Lt Governor-led administration over the past two weeks.
The decision to suspend the agitation comes a fortnight after Kashmiri Pandits employed in the Valley under the Prime Minister’s package also announced the suspension of their 310-day agitation. A majority of them have already resumed their duties in Kashmir.
Hundreds of Reserved Category employees who hail from Jammu and migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees in the Valley fled to the Union Territory’s winter capital last May following the killing of Rajini Bala and Rahul Bhat by terrorists.
