Over a thousand aggrieved Hindi teachers staged a sit-in protest outisde the Nagaland Civil Secretariat complex on the second day of the phase-III agitation Thursday, against the state government for non-release of nine months’ salary.
Hindi teachers under the aegis of All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU), including nursing mothers have affirmed to carry out the protest at the same venue even on Friday.
ANHTU president, Rometo Sema, said the agitating teachers were informed through the PS to the school education minister that an emergency cabinet meeting has been convened on Friday at 10am to discuss the issue. ANHTU president, however, reiterated that the teachers would not accept a few months salary.
A government representative, reportedly deputed by chief secretary, met the agitating teachers Thursday afternoon and offered two months again and assured to pay the rest (8 months) next month. However, the teachers have reportedly declined the offer, saying that until they were given written assurance, they would not compromise their agitation with verbal assurance. To this, the government representative said he could not give any written assurance.
Meanwhile, ANHTU has also reportedly written a letter addressed to the principal secretary school education intimating its decision to continue the agitation at Nagaland civil secretariat.
The union cautioned that the state government would be held responsible if anything happened to the teachers during the course of agitation. On Wednesday, the Hindi teachers picketed the directorate of school education against the failure of the state government to fulfil their demands.