Raj teachers allege bribe for transfer, leave min red-faced

Raj teachers allege bribe for transfer, leave min red-faced

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Jaipur:17.11.2021

In a major embarrassment for school education minister Govind Singh Dotasra, teachers from across the state told Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday that they had to pay bribes to get a transfer.

Addressing a felicitation programme held for state teachers in Jaipur, Gehlot asked them if they had to pay money for transfers and the teachers responded with a unanimous “yes”. Gehlot looked at Dotasra, who was sitting on the dias, and reacted by saying that it was bad and promised to bring a concrete transfer policy soon, which the government employees have been demanding for decades.

When Gehlot completed his speech, Dotasra rushed to the mike and claimed that he and his staff were clean.

“Everyone sitting here knows the fact that I have never accepted one cup of tea. But we need a good transfer policy which will soon be worked out,” said Dotasra.

Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra during the felicitation programme held for state teachers

Corruption has become a new normal in the state: Poonia

Jaipur: Reacting to the allegation of corruption in transfers, BJP state president Satish Poonia said that corruption had become the basic “etiquette” in the state. "Corruption has become a new normal in the state. The state campaign 'Prashashan Ke Sang' has become 'Prashashan Risthedaro Ke Sang' and doesn't need any proof," said Poonia. He said that Congress MLAs Bharat Singh, Hemaram Choudhary and Deependra Singh Shekhawat were given evidence of corruption many times.

Taking a dig at the Gehlot government, former education minister Vasudev Devnani also tweeted that teachers alleging corruption in front of Gehlot showed the true governance in the state.

About 99 government teachers were felicitated by the government with a certificate and Rs 21,000 cash prize each. Gehlot also said that the establishment of Mahatma Gandhi English medium schools in the state was a revolutionary step in the field of education. With the opening of these schools, the dreams of children of farmers, the poor, and labourers living in villages to study in English medium has come true.

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