NDTF member elected new DUTA president
The Hindu
He demands release of funds by the Delhi Government
After a gap of over two decades, the RSS-affiliated National Democratic Teachers’ Front (NDTF) won the president’s post of the Delhi University Teachers’ Association with A.K. Bhagi defeating Abha Dev Habib of the Left-affiliated Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) by a margin of 1,382 votes.
The result of the DUTA election was announced on Saturday. Mr. Bhagi received 3,584 votes and Ms. Habib secured 2,202 votes, Prem Chand of the Congress-backed Academics for Action and Development (AAD) securing 832 votes and Shabana Azmi of the newly formed Adhoc Teachers' Front getting 263 votes.
Mr. Bhagi said of the several issues that DUTA would address, the most important ones were the regularisation of ad hoc teachers within two years and the release of full funds by the Delhi Government on an immediate basis. He added that the NDTF was committed to reviving the idea of DUTA with an inclusive approach and appealed to all the teachers’ groups in DU to join him.