Srinagar, March 10 -- Apni Party on Monday strongly criticized the police action against the protesting casual and daily wage workers from various government departments, including the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department, who wanted to stage a protest at Lal Chowk to demand the long-pending regularization of their services and a salary hike. A similar protest by the daily wagers from the PHE department was foiled in Jammu when the protesters were marching toward the Civil Secretariat. The police resorted to beating the protesters at both places.

In his statement issued here, the party's Chief Spokesperson, Muntazir Mohiuddin, while condemning the police action against the protesting casual and daily wage workers at both places-Sri...