Teachers blowing effigy of Education Minister in front of DC office.
Teachers led by Democratic Teachers Front demonstrated in front of the DC office in Barnala, Punjab on Friday. This protest was done in protest against the police lathicharge on unemployed teachers in the village of Education Minister Harjot Bains. Teachers
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District President of Democratic Teachers Front Rajiv Kumar said that on April 19, 5994 unemployed teachers had gone to Gambhirpur village to submit a memorandum. There the police lathi -charged them. A police officer slapped a teacher and tried to remove his turban.
Protests all over Punjab
The teacher organization has called the incident an attack. They demand that Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains and the concerned SHO be removed from the post. Also, pending recruitment of 5994 teachers should be completed. The organization has announced a protest all over Punjab on 24 and 25 April. They demand that strict legal action should be taken against the police officers involved in the incident.