At a press conference, chairman of the federation and State president of the State Teachers’ Union (STU) Ch. Joseph Sudhir Babu said they had maintained a clear stand on the issue of fitment from the beginning.
“We expressed our dissent over the fitment issue and made it known to the samithi leaders,” he asserted and scotched the allegation that the teachers’ unions “were working under the influence of certain forces”.
“The STU is a 75-year-old organisation and we have always fought our own battles. We have no link with any of the political parties whatsoever,” he said.
