In Ropar, black badges mark protest against lathicharge

Tribune News Service
Ropar, July 7

On a call given by the Government Teachers’ Union, teachers at several government schools in the district today wore black badges and protested the lathicharge on their colleagues at Chandigarh yesterday.

The Chandigarh Police on Tuesday used tear gas shells and water cannon and resorted to lathicharge to prevent the protesting non-permanent unemployed teachers from heading towards Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s residence. At least 10 protesters, including women, and five cops were injured in the action.

Union leaders Gurbinder Singh Saskaur, Dharminder Singh Bangu and Gurcharan Singh Ahlowal said such brutal action against the teachers was murder of democracy. They claimed the Chief Minister during the run up to the Assembly elections in 2017 had promised to regularise them. The union leaders said they firmly stood by the protesting teachers.