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In Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal, Two Teachers Transferred For Alleged ‘Anti Government’ Activities
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo by Subhendu Ghosh / Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
In its latest diktat, the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has transferred two teachers for allegedly participating in “anti-government activities” and “trying to stir up unrest”, The Indian Express has reported.
The teachers, posted in the hills, were transferred after the district administration wrote to the school education department.
District Magistrate said many government officials in the hills are “involved in acts unbecoming of government employees and stirring up locals”.
She added that six to seven “such people” have been transferred in one year.
Political parties in the hills, including the Gorkha National Liberation Front, are protesting against the government’s move. One of the teachers who has been transferred is planning to knock on the court’s door.
Earlier this year, the government had introduced a plan to prevent teachers in service from criticising it and its decisions in public forum, including the media.
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