The insensitivity shown by the Education Minister towards the struggle of assistant professors is reprehensible: DTF.
A call to oppose deadly policies responsible for suicides caused by unemployment
Garshankar October 25-1158 The Democratic Teachers Front (DTF) has expressed deep grief over the suicide of Balwinder Kaur, one of the unemployed teachers struggling to complete the recruitment of assistant professors and librarians. According to the suicide note, immediate FIR against the accused. Upon registration, the entire investigation has been requested to be conducted by the sitting judge of the High Court.
DTF State President Vikram Dev Singh, General Secretary Mukesh Kumar and Finance Secretary Ashwani Awasthi said that instead of finding a permanent and policy solution to the widespread unemployment in Punjab, the various governments are diverting the sources of employment to the government departments. Pushy policies of privatisation, liberalization and globalization have been implemented one after the other, due to which youth suffering from unemployment are being pushed towards desperate measures like drugs and suicide. In this matter, the 'AAP' government has also not been able to move beyond political rhetoric, rather the negative and arrogant attitude of the government which gained power through sit-in demonstrations is constantly being exposed. The state vice-presidents of the organization Gurpiar Kotli, Beant Phulewala, Rajeev Barnala, Jagpal Bangi, Raghveer Bhawanigarh, Jaswinder Aujla and press secretary Pawan Kumar said that for the last fifty days Ucheri and school education minister's native village Gambhirpur have been sitting on a permanent dharna. In the case of professors, instead of finding a reasonable solution, the minister and other representatives of the government have refused to negotiate. Due to this undemocratic government attitude and unemployment, one teacher has been forced to commit suicide. The Democratic Teachers' Front demanded that Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, who acted in this matter out of extreme insensitivity, should be resigned by the Chief Minister so that he could not influence the investigation. They have also demanded justice for the family of the teacher who committed suicide and a reasonable solution to the issue by talking to the struggling 1158 assistant professors. Along with this, the unemployed have been invited to make the struggle wider and sharper instead of committing suicide.