GUWAHATI: Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption had garnered support from people across the country, however, no one extended any help to a state government employee in the city who staged a hunger strike alone on Monday seeking probe against rampant anomalies in the state council of education research and training (SCERT).
Jyotish Chandra Mahanta, a SCERT employee, alleged that he was not given his salary for eight months for raising his voice against the financial anomalies in the organization he worked with. He even accused the authorities of the Hindi Teachers' Training College in North Guwahati and some of the employees of the SCERT of threatening him with dire consequences.
"After joining the Hindi Teachers Training College way back in 1973, I was deprived of a promotion for bringing to light corrupt practices by officials there. Even after Lok Adalat ordered a promotion, I did not get any justice for trying to unearth details regarding the financial anomalies. Subsequently, my post was attached to DIET located at Mirza in Kamrup district, which is also run under the SCERT, where the principal of the institute forced me to do work that was not supposed to be done by an employee who served as counter attendant", Mahanta alleged.
He alleged that his family members were suffering a lot after the SCERT suspended him from his job in March 16 this year.
"I have not received a penny from the government from January this year. It has become extremely difficult for me to provide bread and butter to my family in this crisis period", Mahanta said adding that he has also knock on Assam governor's door seeking justice.
He accused the SCERT of negligence as he did not bribe the 'corrupt' officials and alleged that a state government official of giving him advice of voluntary retirement.
When contacted director of SCERT, U Deka refuted the allegations and said Mahanta was reinstated at the Hindi Teachers' Training College in north Guwahati around three months back but has not joined his duty yet.
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