Call off protest after meeting CM Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers on Saturday called off their protest after the intervention of Chief Minister (CM) Mehbooba Mufti.
Earlier, Hundreds of SSA Teachers today staged a sit-in protest in Srinagar on the Eid day as against the government for failing to full fill their demands.
Large no. of SSA Teachers assembled at Pratap Park Srinagar on Eid day and chanted slogans in favour of their demands.
The teachers were demanding de-linking of SSA salaries, implementation of 7th pay commission.
The protesting Teachers said that the government is forcing them to face hardships as the dispensation has utterly failed to take up their issues and fullfil their demands.
The teachers also offer Eid prayer at Pratap Park Srinagar.
The protesting teachers were later invited by CM Mehbooba Mufti for a meeting to discuss their demands.
A delegation of five to six teachers led by Chairman JKReT teachers forum Farooq Ahmad Tantray met CM and decided to call off their protest.
“We were invited by CM and she assured us that the issue of SSA teachers will be resolved in two phases,” Tantray said.
He said that the chief minister assured them that the teachers will get benefits of 7th pay commission.
Tantray said the association has called off the protest and that they have given a month’s time to the government to resolve the issue. (Agencies)
