Thiruvananthapuram: S Valarmathi, leader of the LPST rank holders, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding appointments, was shifted to a hospital after her health condition deteriorated, protesters said on Friday.
Valarmathi complained of physical discomfort late Thursday night, following which fellow protesters shifted her to a nearby hospital, they said.
She was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and is being provided medical care, protesters added.
In her place, another rank holder, M Jayakrishnan, has started an indefinite hunger strike, they said.
Valarmathi was forcibly shifted to hospital by police on Wednesday, and the protesters’ tent at the protest site was also removed. However, she returned to the protest venue on Thursday and announced that she would continue her hunger strike.
The rank holders have been staging the protest demanding appointment orders for all eligible candidates on the Lower Primary School Teacher (LPST) rank list before its expiry.
Their other demands include transferring appointments to aided-school teaching posts to the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC), ending alleged cash-for-job practices in recruitment and implementing a teacher-student ratio of 1:25 in government schools.
Political parties, including the Left parties, BJP and the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), have extended support to the agitation.
The state government had held talks with the protesters, but the discussions failed to reach a consensus, particularly on their demand to reduce the teacher-student ratio to 1:25 in public schools.
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