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Synchronized protests by teachers in Tripura

NE NOW NEWS PINAKI DAS
AGARTALA , December 8, 2017 6:03 pm

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Synchronized protests by teachers in Tripura

Agitating teachers resort to rail blockade in Tripura on Friday. Photo : Pinaki Das

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Tripura on Friday witnessed synchronized protests by teachers who are on the verge of losing their jobs by December 31. A section of agitating teachers blocked rail movement at Manu while several other groups resorted to road blockade to air their grievances.

Following the expiry of their 48-hour ultimatum to the government, a section of agitating teachers, majority of whom were women, tried to forcibly enter the secretariat on Thursday to meet the Chief Minister for redressing the balance.

However, a large contingent of security personnel deployed there prevented the agitating teachers from entering the secretariat which resulted in minor scuffle between the teachers and the security force. Later the teachers had blocked the main gate of the secretariat complex and started a sit-in-demonstration protest. Senior police official including IG Law and Order K V Srijesh rushed to the spot and made futile attempt to convince the agitating teachers. Later the state education minister Tapan Chakraborty met the agitating teachers and promised to look in to the matter.

Agitating teachers in Tripura trying to break police barricade to enter into the secretariat on Thursday. Photo : Pinaki Das

Chanda Das, one of the agitating teachers, broke down before NE NOW and said, “When the case was filed in the Tripura High Court in the year 2013 against the recruitment process of the 10323 teachers, the state government repeatedly assured us to remain by our side. But in reality nothing happened. Till now we have been patiently waiting and with less than a month left for our termination according to the Supreme Court order we have no other option but to get a written assurance from the state Chief Minister as we no more believe in their verbal assurances.”

Another agitating teacher Syamsuddin said, “After losing the job we shall not only lose our source of bread and butter but also will be under the burden of huge bank loans. Many of us have got bank loans and shall never be able to repay that. In such a critical situation we shall have no other option but to commit suicide.”

According to the agitating teachers till date eleven of their colleagues have died due to tension while few others have become psychiatric patients.

On May 7 this year, the Supreme Court upheld a judgment of the High Court of Tripura to cancel the appointment of the teachers because of faulty recruitment process.

More than 10323 school teachers are going to lose their job by the end of this month and this might not only hamper the education system in Communist ruled Tripura but also cast a shadow on the coming assembly poll in the state likely to take place by February 2018.

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