Summary:
Nearly one thousand teachers and employees had reached Gandhinagar to stage a protest outside assembly when the budget session was underway. The teachers had called for a mass leave for the day while the transport employees are on strike since Thursday. The committee held a meeting with the teachers association and the association called off the strike but teachers did not agree to the decision. The police closed all the gates of the assembly and secretariat complex, making it difficult for the visitors to enter. Raising the issue in assembly, Dhanani said, "The teachers and transport service employees were mercilessly beaten up by police..