'BJP leaders Busy marketing T-shirts: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacks Yogi govt over plight of 'shiksha mitras' in UP

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the plight of 'shiksha mitras' or contractual teachers in the state, alleging the ruling party leaders are busy marketing T-shirts instead of attending to those suffering.

Hundreds of 'shiksha mitras' have been protesting and pressing for better pay and appointment as assistant teachers in the state.

"The hard work of Uttar Pradesh's 'shiksha mitras' is insulted every day. Scores of sufferers committed suicide. Those who took to the streets to protest were beaten with lathis, National Security Act was registered against them," the AICC incharge Uttar Pradesh East tweeted.

उत्तर प्रदेश के शिक्षामित्रों की मेहनत का रोज़ अपमान होता है, सैकड़ों पीड़ितों नें आत्महत्या कर डाली। जो सड़कों पर उतरे सरकार ने उनपर लाठियाँ चलाई, रासुका दर्ज किया। भाजपा के नेता टीशर्टों की मार्केट्टिंग में व्यस्त हैं, काश वे अपना ध्यान दर्दमंदों की ओर भी डालते। #Sanchibaat pic.twitter.com/eBeyNSt3va

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) March 25, 2019

"BJP leaders are busy marketing T-shirts, I wish they had paid attention to those suffering," she claimed.