The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) threatened to disrupt the upcoming Bihar assembly session over the teachers’ recruitment issue while the teacher aspirants remained on strike, demanding the issue of notification for an appointment.
The teachers have been agitating for nearly a month now.
On Tuesday, the BJP issued an ultimatum to the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar saying they will not allow the winter session of the Bihar Legislature commencing December 13 to run if the state does not make a quick decision.
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On Tuesday, chief minister Nitish Kumar held a meeting with education minister Chandrashekhar and his predecessor and present finance minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary over the issue.
“Further recruitment of teachers will be made for schools and salary hikes would also be ensured,” he said after the meeting at the Shiksha Diwas function in Patna.
Further attacking the state govt, Bihar BJP president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal said Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav promised 10-lakh jobs in the first cabinet with his first signature if his government was formed, but was backing out when in power.
“During the NDA rule, the state government told the assembly that nearly 1.25 lakh teachers will be appointed from among the large pool of aspirants who have cleared CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) or BTET (Bihar Teacher Eligibility Test). It is yet to happen and young men and women have been forced to hit the streets in protest,” state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal told reporters.
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Reacting to BJP’s ultimatum, Vijay Choudhary, said, “If at all they (BJP) will not allow the House to run, It means they have lost faith in democracy and have got desperate.”
He further assured the recruitment process is going on. “I made a commitment in the House and the recruitment process is ongoing. Nearly 50,000 appointments have already been made under the sixth phase,” he added.
According to education department officials, the vacancies in primary schools could reach one lakh, as, during the last sixth phase of recruitment, only less than half the advertised vacancies could be filled.
The Bihar government, earlier this year, was to recruit 165,000 teachers, only but 42,000 teachers were appointed against around 91,000 vacancies in primary schools.
