Left teachers march to Uttarkanya, cops stop them

The Trinamool Congress-led state government has planned to 'break the system' in government

- MANAS R BANNERJEE

Member of the Rajya Sabha Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya -today said the Trinamool Congress-led state government has planned to "break the system" in government and government-aided schools so as to promote private schools.

Addressing a rally at Tinbatti here today, Mr Bhattacharya, who is a lawyer by profession, also said such a conspiracy was being hatched for the past many days by recruiting teachers illegally and that it was the first step in breaking the education system in the state.

"Announcing holidays for government-aided schools, the government has established that private schools are better for education and people are reluctant to take up state-aided schools, and significantly they running after private schools. If such a situation continues, the government will withdraw those schools in lack of students. If there is no student, it would be legally difficult to prevent the government from taking such a decision," Mr Bhattacharya, who is also the former Mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, said.