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Thousands of contract teachers march in
Patna
Friday November 02, 2012 07:15:30 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Thousands of
teachers on contract with the Bihar government took to Patna
streets Friday, demanding the "right to equal pay for equal work",
just two days ahead of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's "Adhikar
Yatra", police said.
The teachers shouted slogans against the state government and
threatened to boycott work if the government did not stop
victimising teachers for raising their demands.
This is the second time teachers in the state have gone on protest
in the last 48 hours in Patna in a bid to exert pressure on the
chief minister, ahead of his "Adhikar" rally.
Traffic in the state capital was thrown out of gear by the
protesting teachers.
"We took out a Shikshak Adhikar (teachers' rights) rally in
support of our demands, and we are seeking pay in accordance with
the scale for regular teachers, and service conditions on par with
the regular teachers who do similar work," said Sanjeev Singh.
Singh, one of the nearly one lakh contractual teachers from across
the state who have grievances with the state government, added:
"We also seek the withdrawal of cases lodged against teachers who
have protested during the chief minister's 'Adhikar Yatra'."
The teachers said that they would continue protesting here till
Nov 4, the day of the chief minister's "Adhikar Yatra" in Patna.
"we will intensify our protest to bring pressure on the chief
minister to meet our demands," Mohd Salam Ansari, one of the
contractual teachers, said.
Last month, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, unhappy with protests by
the contractual teachers, declared that their demands for parity
of salary with government teachers would not be met.
Nitish Kumar repeatedly told the teachers that his government
would not fulfil their demands, after they created a ruckus at his
public meetings in Motihari, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi,
Begusarai, Khagaria and Madhepura during his "Adhikar Yatra".
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