Gonda: Hundreds of teachers staged a protest at the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) office in Gonda, demanding timely promotions. The demonstration was organised at the call of the Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh under the leadership of district president Virendra Mishra.
The protesting teachers demanded that the promotion process be completed by November 7, 2026. They also submitted a memorandum to the District Magistrate, seeking necessary intervention to ensure that the process is completed within the stipulated deadline.
Teachers and office-bearers from several blocks across the district participated in the demonstration, expressing concern over delays in promotions and calling for an early resolution of the issue.
Among those present were Surya Mani Pandey, convenor of the Promotion Struggle Committee; Gajadhar Singh, divisional general secretary of the Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh; Rahul Srivastava, acting district president; Uday Bhan Verma, senior vice-president; and Anand Pratap Singh, joint general secretary.
Other district-level representatives included vice-presidents Bhaskar Dubey, Sunil Kumar Pandey and Satya Prakash, district minister Jitendra Kumar Tiwari and district editor Rajendra Kumar Shukla.
Block-level representatives also joined the protest. They included Deepak Srivastava, president of Katra block; Arunima Sahi, president of Pandri Kripal block; Dr Ramraj, president of Itiathok block; and Abhay Pratap Singh, Ashok Yadav and Neeraj Sharma, among others.
Representatives from Belsar, Rupaideeh and other blocks also participated. They included Manoj Kumar Shukla, Rakesh Shukla, Pankaj Mishra, Rajesh Soni and Mohammad Ahmed.
Krishna Dev Yadav, Dilip Kumar Verma, Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Lalit Mishra, Arun Nair, Indra Dev Shukla, Vinod Pandey and Vivek Kumar were also present, along with hundreds of teachers.
The demonstration concluded with the submission of the memorandum to the District Magistrate, reiterating the teachers’ demand for completion of the promotion process by November 7.
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