10,323 teachers’ issue: Uproar in Tripura Assembly by Oppn MLAs

Agartala: The Tripura Legislative Assembly on the first day of the budget session witnessed uproar as Opposition CPI-M members started protesting over the rejection of an adjournment motion by the Speaker that was placed to hold a discussion on the 10,323 teachers facing termination on March 31.

Soon after finance minister Jishnu Dev Varma finished his budget speech, Opposition MLA and former education minister Tapan Chakraborty stood up and said that a notice seeking adjournment motion for discussion on the 10,323 termination-facing teachers was rejected by the Speaker.

He informed the assembly that the rejection of the notice was not done as per the Parliamentary procedure and discussion should be done over the 10,323 teachers.