Imphat Oct 29: All Manipur Elementary School Teachers Association (AMESTA) today staged a protest rally against down gradation of 1786 teachers as well as failure to clear the pending salary before Ningol Chakouba. The members of the AMESTA also surrendered for mass court arrest.
The rally began from the Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai after attending a condolence function of RK Tamphasana Devi, an art graduate teacher of Wangkhei model high school today.
AMESTA blamed the state government as the cause of the death of the graduate teacher.
During the protest rally banner with slogans “RK Tamphasana Devi was killed due to harassment by state government” , “resign Education minister and Chief Minister” were carried during the rally. Police stooped the rally at Khuyathong. However, the protestors confronted the police and tried to march forwards.
Speaking to the media person general secretary of AMESTA, M. Jadumani said that state cabinet should revoke the cancellation order for the higher post qualification scale earlier granted to 1786 under matriculate under graduate and primary teachers. He further demanded the state government to clear the pending due before Ningol Chakouba.
