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CJP’s Ranka confronts cop, invokes Pradhan resignation in protest
Students of a government school in Alwar district protested for a second day after a slab collapsed from a dilapidated building. CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka joined them and confronted Thanagazi SHO Mahavir…
The Story in Brief
Students of a government school in Alwar district protested for a second day after a slab collapsed from a dilapidated building. CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka joined them and confronted Thanagazi SHO Mahavir Singh, claiming that the party's Jantar Mantar protest had forced Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to step down.
Ranka warned of a major agitation if 84,000 dilapidated classrooms in Rajasthan are not repaired within three months. The administration later accepted the students' five demands, including demolition of the unsafe structure, teacher appointments, and construction of a new building.
The Indian Opinion
Ranka's boast that his protest removed the education minister is pure political theatre. But the more dangerous exaggeration is to dismiss the scale of the problem: 84,000 dilapidated classrooms and Rs 20,000 crore needed while only Rs 500 crore allocated. Students and parents deserve concrete action, not slogans. The test: will the state government present a time-bound school repair plan with clear funding sources in its next budget session?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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