RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh leader of opposition, T S Singhdeo has sent a notice for defamation to state education minister Kedar Kashyap and health minister Ajay Chandrakar for their claim that Congress legislators had supported the BJP government's decision to outsource teachers jobs in Naxalite areas.

Talking to TOI, Singhdeo said the two ministers had recently "wrongly" stated in the media that Congress legislators had given their consent to recruitment of teachers from other states, by outsourcing the job to private agency, to fill vacancies in schools in Naxal areas. As per BJP minister's claims, the issue was discussed during a meeting of the Sarguja Evam Uttar Kshetra Adivasi Vikas Pradhikaran.