Adamant over their charter of demands, the Shikshakarmis in the State have decided to go on hunger strike from Wednesday.
Following that, if their demands are still not fulfilled in three days, a massive State-level rally would be organised on December 2 to press for their nine point charter of demands.
Speaking to The Pioneer the State President of Shikshakarmi Sangh, Virendra Dubey informed that they are going on hunger strike from Wednesday.
Five male and five female members of the Sangh would sit on strike each day in each of the 146 block headquarters, he said.
After three days on December 2 , Shikshakarmis will hold a massive State level “Samvilyan Maharally” in their second round of agitation, he said.
This apart, the matter of termination of some of the Shikshakarmis on Tuesday went to the Chhattisgarh High Court.
An affected Shikshakarmi of Arang block of Raipur district has approached the High Court arguing that the power of termination is with the general body of Zila and Janpad Panchayats and not the administration. He has demanded from the court to quash the termination order on this ground.