Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has asked the agitating Punjab TET qualified teachers to immediately withdraw their protest to enable an amicable dialogue to resolve their issues, even as he agreed to examine their demands sympathetically within two weeks.

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has asked the agitating Punjab TET qualified teachers to immediately withdraw their protest to enable an amicable dialogue to resolve their issues, even as he agreed to examine their demands sympathetically within two weeks.

The Chief Minister made it clear that that his government was willing to consider their demands within the ambit of the law, but would not bow to any arm-twisting on the issue. He conveyed this to a delegation of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) passed teachers that met him at his official residence on Saturday evening.

The Chief Minister directed the Secretary Education to discuss and thrash out all the issues raised by the delegation within a fortnight but told the teachers that there could be no talks unless they withdrew their agitation immediately. An official spokesperson said Captain Amarinder has called another meeting with the teachers on August 1 to take the discussions forward, subject to the immediate withdrawal of their protest.

Referring to a key demand of the protesting teachers, the Chief Minister said the Education Department would seek legal opinion from Legal Rememberancer and the Advocate General before going in for any change in the number of posts that had been earmarked in their recruitment advertisement of 2015.