Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (JD)

Byndoor, Nov 10: Manjunath M G, the Block education officer of Byndoor has been suspended for issuing an order to the school teachers and education department officials and also parents of the students for a chief minister's convention held here on October 7.

Manjunath M G had issued an order in which he had asked all the school teachers, officials of the block education office and block resource centre in Byndoor to attend the chief minister's programme compulsorily. This apart he had also forced teachers to compulsorily get the parents of the students of every school in Byndoor range to the programme.

The order had stirred a controversy and the opposition party Congress had demanded an enquiry into the same.

The under secretary to the state government, Department of School Education and Literacy Mallikarjun Ramappa has issued the suspension order against Manjunath M G by the order of the governor for misuse of power.