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Kejriwal touts Punjab school library amid teacher protest
Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday shared a video of a newly furnished library at Government Senior Secondary School, Bhaini Bhagha in Punjab's Mansa district, saying it proved government schools can match expectations. 'It…
Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday shared a video of a newly furnished library at Government Senior Secondary School, Bhaini Bhagha in Punjab's Mansa district, saying it proved government schools can match expectations. 'It is all about neeyat (intent),' he wrote on X, reposting a video by Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains.
The positive showcase came as more than 180 Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) teachers held a sit-in outside Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema's residence in Chandigarh. Protesters alleged that an education department clerk orchestrated a scam to favour his own people during the recruitment process and that the AAP government has shielded the clerk despite an IAS report blaming him.
Punjab Police later removed the protesters from the vicinity. The teachers, originally recruited in 2016 and later dismissed over alleged flaws in recruitment, were reinstated by court order but say they have been seeking justice for ten years.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Kejriwal's library post is a familiar political move: juxtapose a visible achievement against a simmering grievance. The ETT teachers' case has festered since 2016, surviving court orders and an internal IAS report, yet the state government has not suspended the clerk named by protesters. This matters because 180 families have been in limbo for nearly a decade, and the finance minister's residence sit-in signals they are running out of patience. Watch for whether the chief minister meets the teachers, as promised, or whether the protest escalates ahead of the next Punjab assembly session.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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