AGARTALA, Jan 3 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar can visit New Delhi dozen times to attend useless CPI-M Politburo meetings but cunning CM avoided meeting Central Ministers, Officials even once to demand regularization of hapless Tripura Teachers. In a shocking revelation, it has been known that it was only Tripura Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty who wrote a letter to Prakash Yavedkar on 7thAugust, 2017 for a common regularization rules for SSA teachers. Following Tapan Chakraborty’s letter, it was asked to all states on 15th November to bring the SSA teachers under the state govt employees. But when the letter came, the Tripura govt moved 180 degree saying that they left with ‘No option’ and thus the SSAs will be terminated on 31st March, 2018. On the other side, CM never met the SSA teachers and from a source it was alleged that CM refused even to open SSAs file.

Question raises, was it a revenge of Tripura Govt against SSA teachers who went on hunger strike in demand of regularization. Earlier CM played much hide and seek but never met SSAs. Thus the teachers led by SSA Welfare Association by any means will meet the Chief Minister on 6th January, said SSA Welfare Association Secretary Bastab Debbarma to media.

Earlier in the month of October Bastab Debbarma posted in social media media, "Chief Minister office informed me that we will give our mass deputation to Education Minister instead of Chief Minister.It is very sorry to say that after 2010 the honourable Chief Minister has no time to meet with only SSA employees but he gave time and meet with others employees associations. What is the reason behind it?"

On December 26, Tripura Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty after being asked by SSAs, what's the problem to regularize them when Central Govt is giving 90 % funds for Govt employees salaries, Tapan Chakraborty told them that every month the central govt is not giving 90 % and sometimes it's given 70 %. On the other side, BJP State President Biplab Deb said that not 90 % but 98 % funds are provided by the Central Govt for Govt employees salaries purpose. On December 24, the SSA Teachers met Tapan Chakraborty led by Bastab Debbarma, the Secretary of SSA Welfare Association after Centre had directed to regularize the SSAs under the State Govt, but Tapan Chakrbaorty except 'Pashe Achi' told nothing more to the SSAs and also said that 90 % fund is not maintained by the central govt.

Most important matter is Central Govt never stopped SSA but asked states to shift SSA teachers under state govt employees before recruiting new SSA teachers. 

In a letter to all the state govts on Nov 15, MHRD Joint Secretary Manish Garg told states, "The Dept has emphasizing to the states during the PAB meeting that the states should fill up the state vacancies first before filling up posts under SSAs. Teachers salaries, equivalent to vacant state cadre posts which was deducted in the past for Odisha Chattishgarh in 2014-2015. Accordingly it has been decided that the salaries of the teachers sanctioned under SSAs to the tune of teacher vacancies in the state sector will be shifted to state and will not be funded under SSAs".