Collection of subscription or , inter alia , extortion in the name of organizational activities like movement for earning so-called rights of people had been in vogue during the left front rule also . Even though the collection in the name of organization or movement was quite frequent the amounts charged used to be more or less reasonable then and the employees and teachers used to pay in lieu of pucca receipts to avoid the threat of transfer.

But over the past more than seven years of BJP rule in the state the collection of subscription has been replaced by plain extortion by clubs close to schools much like the ‘protection money’ exacted by mafia gangs in big metropolitan cities or in states like Bihar. This has recently come to light now from the pitiable condition of the teachers and

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