West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday said the government is ready to sit for talks with fasting para-teachers to discuss their issue but iterated his appeal to them to join classes.
Chatterjee told reporters at Bikash Bhavan, the state Education department headquarters here, that he has received a letter from Para-teachers Oikyo Manch urging the government to sit for talks and he would like to meet them next week.
"I have received a letter from the organisation (para teachers oikyo manch) urging the government to initiate dialogue with them and I am positive about that. After I come back from my visit to Burdwan University on Monday, I am ready to sit for talks with them on Tuesday or at a later date," the minister said.
Chatterjee, however, said he was in favour of holding talks with representatives of all the para-teachers' and primary teachers' bodies and "not one organisation only."
On the issue of accepting the demands of the para- teachers, the minister said, "We have done whatever is possible within our financial ability, our fiscal strength."