NGO body chief faces revolt

Verma has even been urging people to support the Congress in Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha polls. This stance of Verma might have paid him dividends, but at the same time, enveloped him in controversies.His alleged 8220;harassment,8221; 8220;repression8221; and 8220;vicitmisation8221; of the employees also earned him quite a big number of enemies within the employee groups.

The newly-formed Himachal Pradesh Employees8217; Confederation has broken away quite a few influential leaders, including K S Dhiman, once the state vice -president of the federation, Subhash Sharma, once the secretary general of the federation and Subhash Puri, president of the HP University Employees Union, among others from the parent body.

Dozens of employees8217; leaders who were dismissed or terminated allegedly at the behest of Verma, have been reinstated by the Dhumal government, as the first 8220;goodwill8221; gesture towards the employees to create 8220;cordial relations8221; with them. The confederation has already gone on record demanding a 8220;white paper8221; on working of the federation headed by Gopal Das Verma.