A third participant in the ongoing hunger strike by School Development Officers has been hospitalised this morning (Jan. 30) after his health deteriorated.
The fast unto death protest, launched by the School Development Officers’ Association began on Jan. 26 following a Satyagraha campaign urging the government to absorb officers into the teaching service.
The officers claim they have worked in schools for seven years without formal recognition.
With no response from education officials, the protest escalated to a hunger strike later that evening.
Of the four individuals who began the fast, two — including one woman — were previously admitted to hospital.
The remaining two continued the hunger strike until this morning, when one more was taken for medical treatment due to worsening health. The protest enters its fifth consecutive day today. (Newswire)