Chandigarh, May 24 -- Employees from the UT administration, municipal corporation and various departments staged a protest in front of the social welfare department office in Sector 17 against the dismissal of seven employees on the grounds of non-compliance with attendance requirements through the AadhaarBAS/AadhaarFaceRD mobile application on personal smartphones.

The dharna was led by Federation of UT Employees and Workers, Chandigarh senior vice-president Rajendra Katoch. Other key leaders present included Harkesh Chand, Sunita Sharma, Naseeb Singh, Toplan, Sukhwinder Singh and Ranjit Singh.

Addressing the protesters, federation's general secretary Gopal Dutt Joshi strongly condemned the termination of seven creche workers and helpe...