GG News Bureau
Chandigarh, 27th Nov. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal joined a teachers’ protest at Mohali on Saturday. Kejriwal promised to regularise their jobs if the Aam Aadmi Party comes to power in next year’s Punjab Assembly elections.
Kejriwal visited the protest site outside the Punjab School Education Board building. Temporary teachers have been protesting here for the past 165 days demanding regularisation of their jobs.
Party’s state unit chief Bhagwant Mann, Punjab affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh and the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Harpal Singh Cheema accompanied him.
Arvind Kejriwal slammed the Congress and the previous Akali government for not acceding to teacher’s demand for the past several years.
He said, “I came here today and I promise you that when our government comes, we will regularise you. But I want to assure you that I addressed the issues of teachers in Delhi. Therefore, we will resolve issues in Punjab as well.”
“You give it one chance. If we do not do it, then you can throw us out next time,” Kejriwal said. He alleged that neither the Congress nor the Akali Dal regularised jobs of temporary teachers during their regimes.
Taking a dig at Education Minister Pargat Singh, Kejriwal asked him to come and ask the protesting teachers about their problems. He said, “They will tell their pain and then you will come to know how good the Punjab schools are. If you do not understand the problem, then how will you find a solution for it.”
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