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Teachers up in arms against Edu Minister

PATIALA:As part of their statewide protest against the Education Minister, hundreds of SSA and RMSA teachers held a demonstration here today.

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Tribune News Service

Patiala, January 22

As part of their statewide protest against the Education Minister, hundreds of SSA and RMSA teachers held a demonstration here today. 

Protesters staged a sit-in in front of the residence of Lal Singh, a former finance minister of the state and Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board, in the evening. Earlier, they carried out a protest march from Nehru Park near bus stand to the protesting site.

Later, teachers burnt an effigy of Education Minister OP Soni. In the meantime, some of the teachers barged into Lal Singh’s residence and raised slogans against the Education Minister. 

Teachers ended their protest after announcing that they would gherao the residence of the Education Minister on January 27.

Hardeep Toderpur, co-convener, Sanjha Adhyapak Morcha, alleged, “The Education Minister has backtracked from all promises he had made to end the teachers’ 57-day protest in Patiala. The minister misguided the entire Cabinet and Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh over regularisation of teachers.”

Toderpur, one of the five teachers whose services were terminated by the Education Department, alleged that teachers were being mentally tortured by the department by not releasing their salaries for the past eight months.

Amritpal Singh, a protesting teacher, said, “We will also hold a protest in front of the Education Minister’s residence in Amritsar.”

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