Bathinda, January 28
Intensifying their protest against the state government, the guest faculty lecturers today burnt copies of their degrees as part of their protest outside the Government Rajindra College.
Shouting slogans against the state government, they derided the leaders for leaving the highly-qualified lecturers to take to the roads and stage protest.
The lecturers have been sitting on dharna since January 21 and have been boycotting lectures since then.
The lecturers have been asking that the government should keep its promise of giving them a monthly salary of Rs 10,000 per month and implement 10 per cent hike in their salary every year.
Meanwhile, president of the College Teachers' Association, Surjit Singh, extended full support to the protesting lecturers and stated that the association was with them. The association also derided the police action on the lecturers.
On Monday, the police had rounded up close to 50 lecturers to prevent them from blocking the GT Road. After the talks with Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal, failed to bear results, a state-level dharna and protest rally was organised in Bathinda by the lecturers on Monday.
Intensifying their protest against the state government, the guest faculty lecturers today burnt copies of their degrees as part of their protest outside the Government Rajindra College.
Shouting slogans against the state government, they derided the leaders for leaving the highly-qualified lecturers to take to the roads and stage protest.
The lecturers have been sitting on dharna since January 21 and have been boycotting lectures since then.
The lecturers have been asking that the government should keep its promise of giving them a monthly salary of Rs 10,000 per month and implement 10 per cent hike in their salary every year.
Meanwhile, president of the College Teachers' Association, Surjit Singh, extended full support to the protesting lecturers and stated that the association was with them. The association also derided the police action on the lecturers.
On Monday, the police had rounded up close to 50 lecturers to prevent them from blocking the GT Road. After the talks with Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal, failed to bear results, a state-level dharna and protest rally was organised in Bathinda by the lecturers on Monday.
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