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Computer teachers will hold a rally at Khatkar Kalan on 28th

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Along with Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, other leaders of Aam Aadmi Party who used to scold the then government regarding the demands of computer teachers during the Congress government.

Computer teachers across the state who are on hunger strike at Sangrur since September 1 have announced to hold a grand rally at Khatkar Kalan on September 28 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh due to the indifference of the state government to their legitimate demands.

Giving information in this regard, computer teacher leaders Paramveer Singh Pammi, Johnny Singla, Pradeep Kumar Maluka etc. said that they have been struggling for their legitimate demands for the last 19 years, but neither the previous governments nor the present Punjab government has given them any support.

Along with Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, other leaders of Aam Aadmi Party who used to scold the then government regarding the demands of computer teachers during the Congress government, today have turned away from listening to and fulfilling the demands of the same computer teachers.

He said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has given him a meeting time about 30 times but till date he has not held a single meeting with the computer teachers. On this occasion, he announced that now the conflict will turn into a cross-border war, the responsibility of which will be the state government.

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