Those selected for Government teachers three years ago on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Bhopal office of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that they be given formal appointment letters.
Hundreds of teachers, including women carrying decorated ''rakhi thalis'' (plates) in their hands, gathered outside the BJP''s main office in Bhopal and staged the protest.
According to the protesters, 22,000 teachers were selected in 2018, but they have not been yet issued appointment letters by the state government. "We have been selected as teachers but waiting for appointment for the past three years. We all have passed the teacher''s eligibility test.
We are running from pillar to post for appointment letters. The government has been carrying out verification of documents for the past one and a half years," said a woman protester.
Another woman protester said the authorities have been giving assurances to resolve the issue, but nothing has happened so far. "We observed a fast today. We want mama ji (as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is called) to come and give us appointment letters after we tie him rakhis (Raksha Bandhan festival falls on Aug 22)," she said.
Eyewitnesses said a couple of women fell unconscious during the protest. On the other hand, an official of the School Education Department said the matter is sub-judice.