Police went into a tizzy on Thursday after about 20 B Ed qualified candidates, who had cleared the DSC 2008, attempted to immolate themselves after dousing kerosene on their bodies in front of the state Assembly.
The police personnel on guard at the Assembly managed to catch hold of the aspirants drenched in kerosene before they could carry out their threat of setting themselves afire. The police then formally arrested them, and shifted them to the nearby police station.
Earlier, nearly 300 teacher aspirants, demanding justice in the recruitments, tried to
picket the Assembly. The police disbursed them off by using their lathis to good effect.
The B Ed qualified candidates, who were not selected in the recruitment due to implementation of 30% reservation for Secondary Grade Teacher posts, appealed to state government to consider their cases sympathetically, and do justice to them before the conclusion of the Assembly session.
Later, the teacher aspirants went in a procession to storm the Directorate Of School Education office. However, the police foiled their attempts and resorted to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the teacher aspirants. The police took a few teacher aspirants into their custody, and shifted them to a nearby police station.
The aspirants demanded that the government recruit candidates for teacher posts on common merit list, and that the government make a clear statement over the issue before the conclusion of the Assembly session.
The candidates warned that they would intensify their agitation until the government took a concrete decision over filling up the B Ed posts under the DSC 2008 lists.
Courtesy: INN