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"Following the chief minister's assurance and the development of today's meeting, we are withdrawing our agitation till the first week of June. We have trust on the chief minister," the agitators said.They were claiming that a large number of teachers' posts were lying vacant but the authorities were not calling them for interview though they have the requisite qualifications. "I am helpless at the moment and cannot do anything right now as the election model code of conduct is in force. We have to frame a policy to resolve the demands. KOLKATA: A day after getting assurance from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee , around 200 aspiring school teachers on Thursday withdrew their 29-day long relay hunger strike with the hope that something positive will happen by first week of June.They lifted the stir after holding a meeting during the day with a five-member committee appointed by state education minister Partha Chatterjee to resolve the impasse..