Guest teachers end stir after Delhi BJP chief assures support

Guest teachers who had gone on a hunger strike here over their demand for better terms of employment today ended their stir after the Delhi BJP chief offered his party's support for their cause.
Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay and party MP Ramesh Bidhuri met the guest teachers at Jantar Mantar this evening and told them they fully supported the demands.
The protesters had started their hunger strike on July 9.
Earlier in the day, Upadhyay also wrote to Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on behalf of the guest teachers.
According to BJP, the letter, while supporting the cause of the agitating teachers, states that efforts must be made to give guest teachers preference while engaging teachers permanently.

No society can progress if the teachers have to agitate, he said.
Meanwhile, one of the protesters said, "Although we have today ended our hunger strike, we will continue staging dharna at Jantar Mantar till our demand is met.