Scores of Vidya Mitans, who have been teaching children in schools in rural areas, observed a hunger strike in the Chhattisgarh capital in protest against the government's failure to regularize their services.
The Vidya Mitan Shikshak Kalyan Sangh said that when the police came to know about the strike, they reached the venue and ordered labourers to remove the tents.
Vidya Mitans have been teaching children in rural areas of the state for a long time, said the President of the strikers' group, Dharmendra Das Vaishnav.
The Congress had promised to regularize Vidya Mitans within 10 days after coming to power but nothing has happened, Vaishnav said.
After more than 20 months in the office, it seems that the Congress government is overlooking the Vidya Mitans, he alleged.