Teacher protesting atop mobile tower for past 104 days ends his fast-unto-death

Tribune News Service

Patiala, July 2

An ETT/TET pass unemployed teacher, who has been protesting atop a mobile tower for the past 104 days, ended his fast-unto-death after drinking juice today. The teacher, Surinder Pal, was on fast-unto-death for the past 13 days.

The teacher is stated to have ended his fast after ETT/TET Pass Teacher Union was called for a meeting with the Education Minister. Notably, the health of the ETT teacher was deteriorating with each passing day as his blood sugar level had dropped below the critical level.

Meanwhile, it has been learnt that though the teacher ended his fast, he would continue to protest atop the mobile tower until his demands were met.

In the evening, the ETT Union after meeting the Education Minister in Chandigarh said it ended inconclusively. The union said the meeting took place in a positive environment. However, no written assurance was given by the minister, the union added.

Deepak Kamboj, president, ETT/TET Pass Teacher Union, said, “We will convey verbal assurances given by the minister to the protesting teacher. We will convince him to come down from the mobile tower.”

Meanwhile, Surinder Pal, who has been protesting atop the mobile tower, said that he won’t come down until he gets a written assurance for the fulfillment of his demands.