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The Hindu
a day ago
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- The Hindu
Primary school teachers on padayatra today in protest against govt. failure to keep promise
Government school teachers under the banner of the district unit of Karnataka State Primary School Teachers Association are set to take mass casual leave on Tuesday and participate in a padayatra seeking fulfilment of their long-pending demands placed before the State government. Association district president Mallayya Guttedar, addressing a press conference here on Monday, said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in September last year promised to provide primary school teachers designation as Graduate Primary Teacher and revise the Cadre and Recruitment (C&R) Rules implemented in 2017. But the State government has failed to deliver its promise even after 11 months, he said. Mr. Guttedar said that their demands include designating qualified government primary school teachers appointed to teach classes 1 to 7 before 2016 as Graduate Primary Teacher and promotion of senior teachers as headmasters in schools considering their seniority. He said that nearly 400 posts of headmasters are lying vacant in government schools in Kalaburagi district. He also demanded that teachers should not be assigned non-academic work. The association members have set a deadline of 15 days for the State government to fulfill their demands, They said that if the State government fails to address them by August 25, then, they will be forced to intensify their agitation. Replying to a question, Mr. Guttedar clarified that on Tuesday they will not be protesting but the teachers will take out the padayatra from Jagat Circle to the Deputy Commissioner's office and also to the Deputy Director for Public Instructions office and submit a memorandum. He said that the padayatra will not affect the functioning of schools as 50% of teachers will stay back in schools.
The Hindu
24-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Housing Minister should quit, BJP says and demands CBI probe into allotment ‘scam'
The former MLA Rajkumar Patil Telkur has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged corruption in allotment of houses under Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Telkur insisted that Minister for Housing and Minority Welfare B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan take moral responsibility for the rampant corruption in the housing scheme and resign from the Cabinet or Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should immediately suspend him. He said that the two-year rule of the Congress-led government in the State is marked by a series of scams and corruption, including irregularities in the Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corporation and MUDA, diversion of funds meant for Dalit welfare under Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (SCP/TSP) funds. 'The Congress-led government is facing serious corruption allegations by its own legislators. We appreciate Mr. Patil for exposing the corruption in the housing scheme and MLA Raju Kage who has backed Mr. Patil's allegations,' he said. 'In allotment of houses, corruption begins when a staff arrives to capture GPS image of the allotted house. The gram panchayat president, Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs), MLAs of the respective taluks and the Housing Minister are involved in this corruption,' said. Mr. Telkur demanded that the State government cancel the allotment list and re-allot houses to genuine beneficiaries by holding gram sabha meetings. 'Political stunt' Another BJP leader Harshanand Guttedar, who is a former Zilla Panchayat vice-president and belongs to Aland taluk, addressing a press conference, said that MLA B.R. Patil's allegations against house allotment scheme exposes the Congress government's corruption. It is not that he has concern towards people, but (it is) a political stunt to gain mileage, Mr. Guttedar said. 'It is Mr. Patil's style of politics of vengeance. It is his way of expressing his disappointment over not being inducted into the State Cabinet. Mr. Patil is frustrated and he is on a mission to sink the Congress ship in the State,' Mr. Guttedar said. The houses were allotted to beneficiaries in December 2024, Mr. Guttedar said and added that the alleged corruption took place under Mr. Patil's nose and asked why after being silent all these months, he has exposed it only now.
