DIMAPUR, MAY 21 (MExN): The Central Executive Council of the Nagaland University Teachers Association (NUTA) has questioned the Chief Election Officer, Government of Nagaland for deputing Nagaland University (NU) teachers for election duties time and again, including the coming Lok Sabha election.
A memo addressed to the CEO reminded that the NU teachers, like other teachers from Central universities in India enjoy privilege of being allowed to be active members of political parties during service with assent to take five years leave, stand for election and have a political career and rejoin service.
In view of this fact, no university teacher is sent on election duty, be it as Presiding Officer or Micro Observers etc in other parts of the country, NUTA stated.
In this connection, NUTA has demanded that the political rights of Central university teachers be upheld in NU and exemption be made for all University teachers whose names have been enlisted from Kohima Campus, Lumami HQ, SASRD Medziphema and School of Engineering and Technology, Dimapur for the ensuing Lok Sabha election in the state.
