In all, 13 members of the State Legislative Council will stage an indefinite dharna in front of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru from September 6, pressing the government to fulfil various demands of teachers, according to Ganesh Karnik, MLC.
The protesting MLCs have been elected from teachers’ and graduates’ constituencies, Mr. Karnik said.
Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr. Karnik, chief whip of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, said that six MLCs each from the BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) and a MLC from the Congress would sit in dharna.
He said that a charter of 32 demands have been prepared. Mr. Karnik alleged that the State government did not have proper guidelines for the transfer of teachers. The transfers should be made before the commencement of the academic year and not during the course of the academic year. If teachers were transferred in the middle of the academic year it would affect both students and teachers.
The MLC said that though teachers have been sitting on dharna in the Freedom Park many of their demands have not been fulfilled. Hence, the MLCs have decided to protest in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Vidhana Soudha.