Chief Minister Kamal Nath has pardoned the teacher of a Government primary school in Jabalpur who was suspended by the district administration for his objectionable remark against him (Nath).
In a video that went viral early this week, the teacher Mukesh Tiwari was heard calling the CM names while addressing a handful of people. After a complaint from a Congress leader, Jabalpur collector Chhavi Bharadwaj had suspended the teacher on Thursday for violating conduct rules.
When the CM heard about it on Saturday, he ordered that the suspension be revoked. Nath said, “Everybody has the freedom of expression in a democracy. I believe in this and have always been in its favour. This could be a violation of rules of conduct while on duty in government service. Hence he was suspended. On the other hand, I think it takes years of penance and hard work to reach the teacher’s post. His family must be dependent on him. Due to suspension, his family will also have to suffer along with him. I do not want this to happen simply because of a remark passed against me. His suspension may be correct in accordance with the rules but I personally want to forgive Mukesh Tiwari. I do not want any action to be taken against him.”
Kamal Nath said that the work of a teacher is to create a society and give good education to students. He expected Tiwari to give special attention to his duties in future.
The Chief Minister has instructed the district administration to cancel the suspension of teacher Mukesh Tiwari and not to take any action against him. Tiwari should himself decide whether what he said for the Chief Minister of the Government chosen by the people is appropriate or inappropriate. Nath said, “I do not wish to take revenge for anything that happened in the last 15 years. I can only assure that we will not do any work with a feeling of revenge and neither will we ever harass anyone.”