Shillong, April 24 -- Meghalaya Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on Friday accused the opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) of exploiting the teachers' cause for political mileage.
Rymbui was reacting to VPP President Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit's demands that the government stop harassing teachers and withdraw anti-teacher policies.
The opposition VPP had also demanded that the government cease requiring long-serving teachers to clear the Meghalaya Teacher Eligibility Test (MTET) at the twilight of their careers.
Rymbui said Basaiawmoit is not just misleading; it is a deliberate distortion of facts aimed at provoking fear among teachers for political mileage.
"This kind of opportunistic narrative, especially on an issue as sensiti...