Haryana: Give PTIs jobs back or face bypoll boycott, say khaps

JIND: In a rally where Covid-19 protocols were thrown to the wind, representatives of several khap panchayats on Saturday asked the BJP government in Haryana to reinstate 19,000 physical training instructors (PTIs) whose appointments had been qushed on orders of the Supreme Court in April this year or face a boycott during the Baroda assembly seat bypoll.
PTI Teacher Association organsied the rally at Jind’s New Grain Market, Rohtak Road, and it was attended by MLAs Balraj Kundu from Maham seat and Sombir Sangwan from Charkhi Dadri, and representatives of Binain, Kandela, Khera, Sangwan, Dhamtan, Pal, Malik, Punia, Dadan and many more khaps. All speakers kept their focus on the bypoll, which is to be held soon The rally was held in violation of all Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SoPs). There was no social distancing norms and a few people were using face masks. The rally lasted for around six hours.