Members of @1158APFront5aab held protest at Ferozepur where #Punjab CM led the state on occasion of Independence Day for failing to meet front members on Aug 13 against the assurance, over 100 of them were detained, taken to police station, protestors alleged they were holding peaceful protest to demand protection of their jobs after recruitment was set aside by Supreme Court in July 2025. They stated that till demands are met & state legislature passes a bill to protect their services, the front will continue to hold protests
CM @BhagwantMann Govt Detains #1158AssistantProfessorAndLibrarians Front members Over Education Reform Protest
At around 6 AM today, the police administration detained Assistant Professor Himanshu, Dr. Kuldeep Singh and Shamsher Gill of the 1158 Assistant Professors & Librarians Front, taking them to Police Station City Faridkot—simply for demanding a meeting and fulfillment of long-pending promises by @PbGovtIndia.
After repeated assurances and backtracking, is this the response of the @AAPPunjab government led by CM Bhagwant Mann?
Why fear dialogue with educators asking for #Justice_For_1158?
@AamAadmiParty@Inc4PANJAB@BJP4Punjab@Akali_Dal_@SAD__Amritsar
For last four years, 1158 young professors & librarians have been protesting for station allocation, and one of them died by suicide, holding Pb Edu Min @harjotbains responsible for her death.
Y’day, when they went to Patiala to peacefully protest against CM @BhagwantMann, they were beaten by police, & 80 of them were dragged to police station.
In Gujarat, @ArvindKejriwal speaks about police atrocities against AAP volunteers, but in Panjab, his own government has turned state into a police state. @ravish_journo@dhruv_rathee
Aam Aadmi Party’s ‘#SikhyaKranti’: New Labels, Old Neglect in the Politics of Education Revolution”
Rebranding without reform is not change—it’s repetition with better PR.
From Adarsh Schools (Captain govt) to Meritorious Schools (Badal govt) to now “Schools of Eminence” under Bhagwant Mann, the promise was “different politics.” The reality remains the same: not one of these models has been backed by permanent teacher recruitment.
While @harjotbains and the CM @BhagwantMann frequently highlight NEET/JEE successes, those results largely come from Meritorious Schools—where the very teachers delivering them have waited over 4 years for regularization, with repeated assurances but no policy. Despite being chairman of the governing body, the CM Bhagwant Mann has not held even a single meeting with the Meritorious Teachers’ Union @MTU_PUNJAB
“Schools of Eminence” appear to be more about repainting and renaming, while teachers are simply shifted from other schools—no new posts created, no fresh recruitment.
The implied model: shut down many schools, selectively upgrade a few, and market them as an “Education Revolution.”
Ground reality: out of approximately 1950 government senior secondary schools in Punjab, over 1000 operate without principals.
In Sangrur alone, the CM Bhagwant Mann’s own district, 65 of 95 schools function without a principal.
If this is a “Sikhya Kranti,” it is one of presentation—not policy.
@AamAadmiParty@SwatiJaiHind@raghav_chadha@LambaAlka@mssirsa
पटियाला में मुख्य मंत्री @BhagwantMann जी की रैली के दौरान 1158 सहायक प्रोफेसरों व लाइब्रेरियन फ्रंट का शांतिपूर्ण प्रदर्शन, लेकिन जवाब में लाठी और गिरफ्तारियां!
गुरुद्वारा दुख निवारण साहिब के पास एकत्र हुए शिक्षकों पर पुलिस कार्रवाई, करीब 80 प्रोफेसर और लाइब्रेरियन को जबरन उठाकर सिविल लाइंस थाने ले जाया गया।
उच्च शिक्षा मंत्री @harjotbains द्वारा 1158 सहायक प्रोफेसर व लाइब्रेरियन फ्रंट के साथ 7 बार बैठक से इनकार किया गया, रोजगार की स्थिरता की मांग लंबित—क्या यही “शिक्षा क्रांति” है?
जब तक जायज़ मांगें पूरी नहीं होतीं, संघर्ष जारी रहेगा। जवाब दीजिए सी एम् साहब।
#1158AssistantProfessorAndLibrarians
#Justice_For_1158
@AamAadmiParty@INCIndia@BJP4India@ravish_journo
Swati Pathak, student of Govt College for Girls Ludhiana, condemns today’s manhandling of #1158AssistantProfessorAndLibrarians demanding promised jobs.
Before them, there were not enough regular professors; now that they are available, why does the @AAPPunjab government not want to save them?
CM @BhagwantMann, at your Patiala rally today, will you answer why teachers are being pushed to unemployment under your education model?
#Justice_For_1158