Srinagar, May 15: Terming the police action as shameful, senior JCC leader and president Employees Joint Action committee, and chairman JKTF Abul Qayoom Wani today condemned the use of force on “peaceful demonstration” of teachers at Partap Park in Srinagar on Monday.
In a statement issued to the press, Wani said that the builders of nation deserve respect and honor in all situations but the way police used batons, water-cannons, “excessive force” on builders of nation is totally unacceptable.
Wani urged the administration for immediate enquiry into the incident so that such type of “inhuman acts” may not occur in future and hoped that the Minister for Education Chowdhary Zulfiqar Ali will keep up his commitment with the leaders of Teachers’ Forum in a broad-based meeting on May 12 regarding delinking of salaries from SSA so as to streamline the salary once for all.
According to the statement, Wani welcomed the committee constituted for resolving the SSA salary issue and urged the members to feel the pain of SSA teachers while submitting the report within a fixed period of time as directed by the Minister of Education during the meeting.
