Lucknow, April 16 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Ajay Rai on Wednesday held the state government responsible for the recent employee protests in Noida, alleging that the administration has proven itself "completely incompetent in governance" and failed to take decisive action on the issue.

Addressing a press conference at the UPCC headquarters, Rai condemned the police's "brutal 'lathi-charge'" in Noida, noting that several people were injured and that "the very individuals against whom the police unleashed were subsequently arrested".

Rai sharply criticised the shift from permanent jobs, which he claimed were common during the Congress tenure, to contractual or daily-wage employment via outsourcing under the BJP g...