Sops to S’karmis shows BJP’s poll loss fear: Jogi

Raipur, April 27, 2013

Hailing government sops to Shikshakarmis senior Congress legislator Ajit Jogi on Saturday said the former was compelled to do it, for it was scared of losing upcoming assembly elections. He said it was victory of the contract teachers who struggled for long in favour of their demands. 

He said the Congress had always supported genuine demands of Shikshakarmis but the state government continuously posed autocratic attitude towards them. 

He said the BJP betrayed contract teachers as despite promising to fulfill their demands and including their issue as an agenda in its poll manifesto it did not keep its word.

He also lashed out at the government for not extending any help to the families of those Shikshakarmis who died during their agitation. He said if Congress would come to power it would surely give jobs to one family member of every deceased contract teacher.

Jogi further said that the Congress would also replace Shikshakarmi word with guruji. 

He said Congress would also give priority to Shikshakarmis’ other demands including provision of sixth payscale if people would give it mandate in next Vidhan Sabha polls.

He said the contract teachers had made their mindset much before to dethrone the BJP government and its recent sops to them would never do it any favour.