Agitating contractual teachers were cane-charged for the second consecutive day even as the police action against them on Monday triggered strong protests in the Bihar Assembly and Legislative Council on Tuesday.
The protesting teachers, who have been demanding regularisation of their services, were lathicharged by the police after the protest turned violent outside the assembly premises. The police also resorted to tear gas shelling to control the crowd.
Earlier, question hour could not be taken up in legislative council due to strong protests by RJD, Congress and CPI members. As soon as the question hour started, opposition members shouted slogans against the alliance government over reports of lathi-charge on agitating teachers. The Opposition demanded statement from the government on the incident.
When repeated persuasions failed to calm the Opposition, legislative council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh adjourned the House for one hour. Similar protests were witnessed in the legislative assembly too. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui raised the issue and demanded a statement from Education Minister P.K. Shahi.
When Shahi refused to entertain the Opposition demand, Siddiqui alleged that the government was "blind" towards problem of contractual teachers who have been demanding regularisation of job and pay parity with regular teachers.
Road Construction Department Minister Nand Kishore Yadav then told the House that the government was sensitive towards problem of teachers and was looking into the matter.
The protesting teachers, who have been demanding regularisation of their services, were lathicharged by the police after the protest turned violent outside the assembly premises. The police also resorted to tear gas shelling to control the crowd.
Earlier, question hour could not be taken up in legislative council due to strong protests by RJD, Congress and CPI members. As soon as the question hour started, opposition members shouted slogans against the alliance government over reports of lathi-charge on agitating teachers. The Opposition demanded statement from the government on the incident.
When repeated persuasions failed to calm the Opposition, legislative council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh adjourned the House for one hour. Similar protests were witnessed in the legislative assembly too. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui raised the issue and demanded a statement from Education Minister P.K. Shahi.
When Shahi refused to entertain the Opposition demand, Siddiqui alleged that the government was "blind" towards problem of contractual teachers who have been demanding regularisation of job and pay parity with regular teachers.
Road Construction Department Minister Nand Kishore Yadav then told the House that the government was sensitive towards problem of teachers and was looking into the matter.
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