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A cruel joke with school children

Last Updated 22 May 2017, 12:41 IST
Their joy knew no bounds when they were given new books and satchels and the teachers also took a few extra classes to teach them the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions during VIP visits to the schools.
 
Their joy was, however, short-lived. The new books and satchels were taken away by the authorities. Reason. The VIP did not visit.
 
This cruel joke was played with the students of a government primary school at Gureh village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, about 200 kilometres from here.
 
According to the reports, the district education authorities had got new books and satchels distributed among the children on getting information that chief minister Yogi Adityanath might pay a visit to the school during his visit to the district on Saturday.
 
The school building was decked up and the teachers were asked to prepare the students for the visit. Extra classes, a rare phenomenon in government schools in UP, were also held for the students so that they might answer the questions.
 
The chief minister did visit Banda on Saturday but owing to his pressing engagements failed to visit the school. As soon as it became clear that the chief minister's visit has been cancelled, the authorities took away the books and satchels.
 
District authorities said that they had no information about the matter but promised to look into the same. 
 
A more or less similar incident had occurred at another UP village in Deoria district a few days back at the house of the slain BSF jawan Prem Sagar. Sagar was among the two jawans, who were killed in Poonch sector Jammu & Kashmir a few days back. Their bodies were also mutilated by the Pak army.
 
The local administration in Deoria district had installed an air conditioner at the martyr's house, changed the curtains on the doors and windows and also placed comfortable sofas and carpets in the room where the chief minister was to meet the family.
 
Within half an hour of Adityanath's departure from the village, all the AC, curtains, sofas, towels- were taken away by the officials.
 


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(Published 22 May 2017, 12:40 IST)

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