Agra: Primary school teachers staged protest and organized a Budhi-sudhi yagya on Sunday demanding implementation of the old pension scheme . Protestors in large numbers gathered under the banner of United Teachers Association (UTA) and organized yagya outside at the office of the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA).State president of the UTA, Rajendra Singh Rathore, said, “For welfare of teachers and state employees, UP government without any further delay should order implementation of the old pension scheme. Otherwise we will be bound to come on roads to protest. We have been receiving false assurances in this regard since a long time but policy makers seem to be not interested.”UTA state secretary Yadvendra Singh said, “Pension is our right. We will do everything possible to get it. Ministers, MPs and MLAs get pension benefits for whole life. Hardworking employees deserve it more than them.”UTA district president Keshav Dixit said, “We have conducted Budhi-sudhi yagya as a protest against the sad mindset of the policy makers who are not concerned about our genuine demand of pension.”District general secretary of UTA, Rajeev Verma said, “On Sunday, teachers have staged protest by conducting Budhi-Sudhi Yagya in all the districts. We will soon raise our demand for pension in Delhi.”

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