MOHALI: Members of the Temporary Teachers Union, Punjab staged a protest march on Friday and banged empty plates to express their resentment over the inability of the Congress government to fulfill their demands.
Earlier, they laid siege to entry and exit points of the education secretary office as well as education board in protest. They have been sitting on dharna outside the education secretary’s office and education board in Mohali.
Union leaders Jhujar Singh Sangrur and Ranjit Singh Bhattiwal said in 2016, before elections, Captain Amarinder Singh came to their protest site and promised that once their government comes to power, in the first cabinet meeting, they would regularise teachers’ services.
He said, "More than four years have passed but the Captain government has not lived up to its promises. So we have decided to hold a massive protest till someone from the Captain government comes and gives us assurance. We also demand that our lumpsum salary be increased to Rs 40,000."
Teachers took out a protest march from Ambanwala chowk to Phase X, banging steel plates with spoons. They said they wanted to communicate that the Congress government was trying to snatch their bread and butter.
