Delhi University teachers strike to protest against non-payment of salary
DUTA President Rajeev Ray said, "We do not want our students to be in trouble, so we did not take this step for a long time, but now we had no option left because many staff-teachers and non-teaching staff For the last six months, neither salary nor pension has been received. ''
Thousands of teachers of Delhi University went on strike on Thursday in protest against non-payment of salary for the last six months. The university ‘bandh’ was called by the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) on Tuesday. 12 college employees associated with the University of Delhi have alleged that they have neither received salary nor other arrears for the last six months.
DUTA President Rajeev Ray said, “We do not want our students to be in trouble, so we did not take this step for a long time, but now we had no option left because many staff-teachers and non-teaching staff For the last six months, neither salary nor pension has been received. ”
He said, “All we want is for the concerned authority to release the fund for us and pay our salary.” We can sit and talk for other issues. “The DUTA said that this strike, which started on Mahashivaratri, will intensify in the coming days and the teachers will take to the streets on 15 March.
Ray said that DUTA will hold a meeting on 13 March with Delhi University and Employees Union (DUCKU) and DU Students Union (DUSU). According to a statement issued by the DUTA, “DUTA will take out a” rights rally “from the vice chancellor’s office on March 15 to the chief minister’s residence and on March 18, another rally will be taken from the vice-chancellor’s office to the office of the Deputy Governor.
