Contractual teachers appointed through the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) in Assam over the years are so annoyed with State Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharyya that they have taken a page out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign to register their protest.
They have attached the prefix "driver" to their names on social media platforms, saying that this is the best way to protest Siddhartha Bhattacharyya's recent remark comparing the TET pass certificate with a driving licence.
The State Minister made the remark during a programme aired on All India Radio last Thursday, when a contractual teacher asked him when their employment would be regularised. He claimed that teachers who came in through TET are required to renew their pass certificate from time to time, just like drivers renew their licences, to keep their jobs.
Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, who has been getting trolled on social media since then, was not available for comment.