While the newly sworn-in Minister for Basic Education Satish Dwivedi promised strict action, Congress took a swipe at the state government and held it responsible over the lapse in policy implementation.
Lucknow: After West Bengal, the Uttar Pradesh government is facing the heat over a widely-shared video in which primary school students are seen eating salt and roti for the mid-day meal.
In the video, around 100 students of a government primary school in Mirzapur district’s Siyur village were only served a paltry meal of salt and roti. “The issue has come to our notice and an enquiry was ordered in the issue. After the allegations of serving roti and salt were found true, two people Murari and Arvind Tripathi have been suspended and strict action will be taken further,” District Magistrate, Mirzapur, Anurag Patel said.
According to allegations levelled by the locals, the school had only been serving the children a paltry meal of salt and roti, and rice at times. The locals also alleged although the milk would be distributed to the school, it was never served to the children.
Congress general secretary hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government terming the situation a “condemnable” state of affairs.
“Salt and Roti is being served to the students in Mirzapur. This is the reality of Uttar Pradesh government’s state of affairs. At one hand the government facilities are deteriorating, such behavior with students is highly condemnable,” she tweeted.
#Mirzapur के एक स्कूल में बच्चों को मिड-डे-मील में नमक रोटी दी जा रही है।
ये उत्तर प्रदेश भाजपा सरकार की व्यवस्था का असल हाल है।
जहाँ सरकारी सुविधाओं की दिन-ब-दिन दुर्गति की जा रही है। बच्चों के साथ हुआ ये व्यवहार बेहद निंदनीय है। pic.twitter.com/FMD5cYE5Jn— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 23, 2019
Another Congress leader Laliteshpati Tripathi also said, “The state government is to be blamed for the issue. The government schools in Mirzapur are witnessing the mid-day meal scam for quite some time and complaints have also been lodged. But nothing has been done by the state government in this regard,” he said while demanding for an independent enquiry.
Meanwhile, the newly sworn-in Minister for Basic Education Satish Dwivedi has said, “I have come to know about the issue and I promise that strictest action will be taken against those who are responsible for it. Nobody will be spared if found guilty.”
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