Workers lay siege to Virudhunagar panchayat union office demanding job under MGNREGS
The protesters said they had been visiting the panchayat union office seeking employment after the panchayat failed to give them jobs. Despite visiting the union office for the last four days, officials were not properly responding to their plea.
They also charged one of the employees at the union with demanding bribe money from the workers to allocate employment under the scheme.
Block Development Officer Srinivasan held talks with the agitators and promised them that he would visit the village on Tuesday and give them jobs under the scheme. He also assured them of an inquiry into the bribery charges and promised to select a field supervisor from among the workers.
Union district functionaries S. Poongothai, M. Sundarapandian and K. Rajendran, were present.
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