Coimbatore: Thirty members of the TNEB Contract Labourers’ Union on Monday threatened to boycott the assembly election unless they are given permanent positions.
The contract employees met Coimbatore collector K Rajamani and tried to surrender their Aadhaar and voter ID cards. “Why should we vote for a government and a system that abandons us,” said union representative P Nagaraj. “Two years ago, power minister O S Manian offered us permanent positions. He was impressed by our service after cyclones hit Chennai and coastal areas. However, the government took no steps to help us. So, we have decided to boycott the elections and the government.”
“The minister also announced that we will be given Rs 380 per day. We went from pillar to post to find out the status of his promises, but received no reply,” he added.
The collector promised to take their demand to the chief minister’s attention. tnn