A Government school teacher in Chitradurga district, Karnataka was suspended on May 21 for allegedly criticising the newly formed Siddaramaiah Government.
Shanthamurthy MG, a teacher by profession working at Kanubennahalli Government school in Chitradurga’s Hosadurga, was critical of the State Government and its freebies.
In a Facebook post, Shanthamurthy said, “What else can you do without giving Freebies”. In his facebook post, he mentioned the debt incurred during different CM tenure.
“Debt during the tenure of former CMs – S M Krishna was Rs 3,590 crore, Dharam Singh Rs 15,635 crore, HD Kumaraswamy Rs 3,545 crore, BS Yeddiyurappa Rs 25,653 crore, DV Sadananda Gowda Rs 9,464 crore, Jagadish Shettar Rs 13,464 crore and Siddaramaiah Rs 2,42,000 crores,” Shanthamurthy wrote in his post.
Based on his facebook post, field education Officer L Jayappa issued a suspension order to him on May 20.
“Shantamurthy, a suspended teacher, had violated the government service rules by mentioning the debts incurred during the previous governments while Siddaramaiah was taking oath as the new chief minister on Saturday,” read the suspension order.
The Congress had promised Rs 2,000 a month to the female head of a family, monthly dole of Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 for the educated unemployed, 10 kg of free rice for every member of BPL (below poverty line) families, 200 units of free electricity to each home and free travel for women on state buses.
These poll promises are likely to cost the state an additional Rs 50,000 crore a year.
