Teachers seek hike in mid-day meal funds
The Hindu
Protestors warn of stopping mid-day meals from December
Teachers under the banner of the Kerala Pradesh School Teachers Association (KPSTA) staged a unique protest here on Thursday demanding an increase in the funds for students’ mid-day meal scheme.
The protestors made a hearth in front of the Civil Station here and demanded an end to constraints being faced by school headmasters because of paucity of funds for mid-day meals.
Inaugurating the protest, A.P. Anil Kumar, MLA, said the Government should intervene immediately to end the crisis facing headmasters.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.