The Haryana Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (HFUCTO) has decided to join Kurukshetra University Teachers Association (KUTA) on Tuesday to support the one-week-long agitation of KUTA against KU administration.
Five members of KUTA including the President Dr. Parmesh Kumar and Secretary Naresh Kumar sat on hunger strike to press for teachers’ demands. A large number of KUTA members assembled in front of Vice Chancellor’s office and raised slogans for their demands.
“If KU administration does not take any positive step to meet the genuine and long pending demands of KU teachers, KUTA will be forced to take serious steps and further intensify the agitation. Other organizations from Haryana including Universities and Colleges will join the stir,” said Parmesh.
Hardeep Kumar Officiating Vice Chancellor of KU said on phone that their are no issues pending on the university level and issues are mainly those to be decided by the state government. He said he will forward these issues to the Higher Education department and these are likely to accepted in near future.He also added that teachers fraternity should not behalf like trade unions. "Students in the campus are suffering due to their strike," he added.
Reacting to the plea of the Vice Chancellor, Parmesh Kumar said that the university authorities not taking any positive step to resolve long pending genuine issues of teachers. "Things have gone to such an extent that even regular affairs like annual increment to the teachers are awaited for the last two months," he said.