ETT teachers burn minister's effigy

LUDHIANA: It was a hectic Sunday for the city police as the ETT teachers gathered in the city at Embassy Palace to hold the state-level convention. But the police seized the palace and locked it from outside.
As ETT teachers had planned to burn the effigy of village body minister Ranjeet Singh Brahmpura, police officials personally approached teacher's representatives to burn it avoiding any confrontation.
After the ETT union burnt the effigy, they left for their home towns.
Before that in the convention, ETT teachers observed completion of one month of the non-cooperation movement started by the union. The teachers were demanding the education department of the Punjab government to take over the primary schools in the limits of zila parishad and panchayat department.
Speakers at the convention claimed that the non-cooperation movement had badly affected the functioning of the village body department and had also forced the government to review the demands of the ETT teachers.
Addressing the gathering, district president of the ETT Union Jasvinder Singh Sidhu said, "Brahmpura has agreed to their demands a number of times." He further said, "Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal were both intentionally not paying attention to their demands."
The ETT teachers' union threatened to intensify their protest in future if demands do not meet. The teachers were also planning a candle-light march on Independence Day to draw the attention of the government and people toward their demand.