Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting and directed to form two committees to look into the charter of demands of the Shikshakarmis.
He also directed the Director General of Police (DGP) AN Upadhyay to immediately order release of Shikshakarmis detained in jails across the State.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister, Ajay Chandrakar, Chief Secretary, Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat, RP Mandal were present in the meeting.
The meeting discussed in the detail about the demands of Shikshakarmis after they had call off their strike on midnight of Monday.
One of the two committees comprising Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development, RP Mandal and Principal Secretary, Finance, Amitabh Jain with Principal Secretary , School Education, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretary, Urban Administration and Development Department ,Special Secretary, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development and Director, Panchayat as members will also look into demands of Shikhakarmis. The committee has been asked to immediately start the work and resolve the matter.
Notably, around 1.8 lakh Shikshakarmis, who were on strike since past fortnight had called off their strike late on Monday night. They resumed work on Tuesday unconditionally expressing faith in Chief Minister Raman Singh who in a statement has welcomed the step and has assured of looking into their demands sympathetically.
Meanwhile, the Congress party had also called off its 'Chhattisgarh Bandh' on Tuesdayin support of Shikshakarmis.