Hyderabad: Members of Telangana Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) were detained on Friday during a protest against the increase of fees in private junior colleges held outside the Telangana Intermediate Council in Hyderabad.
BJYM also demanded that the private junior colleges pay the salaries for the past ten months immediately to the lecturers of their college.
Arun Kumar, a BJYM member, told reporters: ‘The interim council works’ hand in hand’ with the private junior colleges. While people suffered greatly during the COVID-19 These private colleges increased the fees of the college. Furthermore, they do not even pay the salaries to the lecturers who work in these private junior colleges. During the closure, nearly 6,000 lecturers were forcibly removed from the post. ”
‘We demand that all the 6000 lecturers, who have been removed from work, return their work immediately. Furthermore, we demand that all private junior colleges pay the salaries of their lecturers for the past ten months. ”
Later, police arrived at the protest site and detained BJYM leaders.
Source: The Siasat Daily