Para teachers across the State have been continuously agitating for their demand for regularisation of their job. Under the pre-announced programme, hundreds of mercury teachers under the banner of Integrated Para Teachers' Sangharsh Morcha gheraoed Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon's residence at Bariatu on Sunday.
The police forces were already present at the residence on the information of the agitation. As para teachers started moving towards the Minister’s residence, the police stopped them about 200 meters away from the main gate of Oraon’s bungalow. After this, all the teachers sat on the dharna at the DIG ground.
The agitating teachers said that the Government is not fulfilling its promise. Before forming the Government in the State, Chief Minister, Hemant Soren had said in all the election meetings that Para teachers would be unconditionally regularized within three months of the formation of the Government. But even after a year, the Government is not considering the demand for regularization of their job, the agitators said.
The teachers sitting on the protest also said that Chief Minister Hemant Soren's promise was not fulfilled. In such a situation, the teachers union is forced to agitate. They said that one by one, all Ministers will be gheroed. Even after this, if the demand is not met, on February 10, more than 60 thousand Para teachers will gather at the Chief Minister's residence in support of their demand.
During the agitation Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) Spokespersons Alok Kumar Dubey, Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo and Rajesh Gupta reached the dharna site of the teachers and talked to the protestors, and conveyed the message of agitating teachers to the Finance Minister.
The party Spokesperson told the teachers that the Government is serious about the teachers, the departmental Minister Jagannath Mahato has been late in the decision due to his prolonged illness and the Corona pandemic has also caused problems but now the Government is striving for a complete solution to the problem. Despite the busy schedule of the Chief Minister, he met the delegation of Para teachers and assured them that the demands would be considered very soon.
Oraon assured the agitating teachers that their problems will be resolved soon. The delegation of the party Spokesperson assured the teachers that in the month of February there is a possibility of finding some solution to the problem.