New Delhi: The Centre’s decision to hand over the security of the Parliament to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from the Parliament Security Service (PSS) has led to concern among the latter.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat Employees’ Association (RSSEA) has taken up the matter with the Secretary-General highlighting the anxiety among the Secretariats’ employees, especially those in the PSS cadre, about their role in the future set-up.
“In the meeting of the executive council of RSSEA held on 10.04.2024, the representatives of PSS informed that because of the possible divesting of their role, they are apprehensive about their service and service conditions in the future. This has put them into a deep sense of frustration and confusion. Without going into the merits of such a proposal about replacing the PSS, whose functions inter-alia include the delicate task of facilitating the MPs and other dignitaries in the Parliament House Complex, with a paramilitary force, the primary concern of the Association is to safeguard the service and service conditions of the PSS,” the RSSEA wrote in a letter to the Secretary-General.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to constitute a joint survey team for conducting a re-survey of the Parliament complex to deploy additional CISG personnel to take over the duties of the PSS.
PNN