Bengaluru: Members of the Legislative Council representing teachers and graduates’ constituencies continued their protest demanding fulfilling 32 demands of school teachers, lecturers and education sector.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called on the protesting legislators and appealed to them to withdraw their strike.

The Chief Minister assured them that a meeting would be convened on September 15 to discuss all their demands. The MLCs have been protesting in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Vidhana Soudha since Wednesday.

A charter of 32 demands has been prepared. BJP and JD(S) MLCs alleged that the State government did not have proper guidelines for the transfer of teachers. The transfers should be made before the commencement of the academic year and not during the academic year. If teachers are transferred in the middle of the academic year it would affect both students and teachers.

Other major demands included hike in pay scale for lecturers in private colleges and recruitment of lecturers in private, aided and government colleges, and transfer of lecturers in a transparent manner.