IMPHAL, February 23: The All Manipur College Teachers`™ Association (AMCTA) has once again reaffirmed its stand to continue with the cease work strike until their demands are met.
A press release of AMCTA said that under the banner of AMCTA, college teachers have been undergoing cease work strike since February 18 and it has been successfully enforced in all unit colleges.
However, during an inspection by a team of AMCTA this morning at around 11, one Dr Rehejuddin Sheikh was found giving lecture by collecting some students at Manipur College with the aim to discourage the cease work strike, it said.
It said Dr Rehejuddin Sheikh was recently appointed as principal in a controversial manner and AMCTA`™s charter of demand includes his removal from the post.
It further said that the AMCTA team interrupted the lecture.
AMCTA while condemning the incident said the cease work strike launched by them is not in any individual`™s interest but making demands to the government in the interest of all the college teachers.
Meanwhile, in a separate press release, the Thoubal College Teachers`™ Association (TCTA) has said it is a unit of All Manipur College Teachers`™ Association (AMCTA) and not of any other organizations. This being so, teachers of Thoubal College are undergoing the cease work strike under the banner of AMCTA since February 18 and will follow all the steps taken by the AMCTA.
TCTA also appealed to the State government to arrive at an early resolution in regard to the undergoing cease work strike in the larger interest of the higher education of the State.