Protest continues in Jalpaiguri over teacher recruitment

JALPAIGURI: Not content with school education department's action in suspending the District Primary School Council (DPSC) chairman, Mrinal Paul, and initiating disciplinary proceedings against the DI, primary, and DPSC secretary Kaushik Roy in the Jalpaiguri primary teacher recruitment irregularity case, protesters on Friday sought abolition of the probe panel and a fresh inquiry.
While Trinamool Congress activists staged a dharna in front of DPSC office and forced its closure, Jalpaiguri Youth Congress launched an indefinite hunger strike at Kotwali PS More. To make matters worse, several youths formed an apolitical platform and began fasting.
"Suspending the DPSC chairman and taking steps against the DI will not bring justice to hundreds of deprived youths. The probe panel itself has admitted that there has been violation of normal administrative norms and decorum," said Saikat Chatterjee, president of Jalpaiguri Youth Congress.