11 teachers face disciplinary action for creating ruckus at CM's meet

DARBHANGA: The district education department has recommended disciplinary action against 11 contractual teachers, including three women teachers, who created ruckus at the 'Adhikar sammelan' of chief minister Nitish Kumar held on KSDSU campus on September 26.
Darbhanga district education officer (DEO) Chandra Shekhar Kumar has written letters to the BDOs of Jale, Hayaghat, Bahadurpur, Hanumannagar and Gaurabauram blocks to ensure action against these teachers by the panchayat and block level appointment units as per the Bihar Rajya Shikshak Niyojan Niyamawali-2012.The BDOs have been asked to take action within the three days of receipt of letter. The BDOs, incidentally, received the letters on Friday. The DEO has also informed Darbhanga DM Narmadeshwar Lal and principal secretary of education department Amarjeet Sinha about the move. The DEO told TOI on Friday that he has taken this action after instructions from Sinha.
The DEO called a meeting of BDOs and other officers concerned on Thursday, in which the teachers who created disturbance at the chief minister's meet were identified through photographs and video clips collected from various sources. On the basis of these clips, 11 teachers, namely, Uday Chandra Mishra, Nasir Ahmad, Raja Ullah, Krishna Paswan, Balram Ram, Sanjay Mahto, Shravan Kumar, Shageer Ahmad, Premlata, Biva Kumari and Meena Kumari were identified.