Lawmakers have drawn the government's attention towards creating an environment for the community school teachers, currently staging protests in Kathmandu, to return to their workplace.
Speaking during the emergency session of today's meeting of the House of Representatives, they said that it was unfortunate that a clash had occured between police personnel and teachers on Sunday.
The lawmakers have also demanded that the government create an environment for teachers to return to school by enacting the School Education Act.
CPN (Maoist Center) leader Janardan Sharma said that the government should show readiness to address the demands of teachers. He strongly condemned the incident that took place on Sunday where dozens of teachers were injured with police using water cannons and batons against the teachers staging peaceful protest.
Sharma stressed that the state should enact a law to fulfill the legitimate demands of teachers, and also demanded that the agreement reached between the government and teachers in the past be implemented.
Similarly, Rastriya Swatantra Party lawmaker Sumana Shrestha demanded that the government immediately fulfill the demands of the teachers. She drew the government's attention to creating an environment for the teachers to get back to school as soon as possible, as children were being deprived of education. She also condemned the attack on journalists covering the protests on Sunday.
Likewise, Rastriya Prajatantra Party lawmaker Roshan Karki said that the suppression and use of water cannon and batons by police against the teachers was unfortunate and demanded that the government fulfill the teachers' demands. She condemned the attack on journalists during the teachers' protest.
On a different note, she also demanded that the legitimate demands of the resident doctors be addressed as soon as possible.
CPN-UML lawmaker Surya Bahadur Thapa Chhetri expressed sorrow over the incident that took place on Sunday during the teachers' protest and demanded that the government prevent such incidents from recurring.
