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Six Bhopal schools shut over BJP march against CEC protests
The Story in Brief
At least six schools in Bhopal declared a holiday on Wednesday, 4 November, over traffic disruptions expected during a BJP march. The district education officer had issued an order on Tuesday asking all schools to assess the impact and adjust timings or close if necessary. The march, called “save democracy, remove anarchy”, passed through New Market and was organised in response to opposition protests since 2 October demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Congress state president Jitu Patwari asked why children and parents should “bear the brunt” of the BJP rally, and said education in Madhya Pradesh had become “hostage” to the party’s programmes. Congress leader Abhinav Baroliya said blocking market access on Dhanteras, an important shopping day before Diwali, was inappropriate. No further closures have been announced.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The district education officer passed an order for all schools to assess the impact and adjust timings or declare a holiday. The decision to close six schools was therefore a local administrative choice, not a government decree. Congress leaders have framed the closures as a disruption of education by the BJP's march. The immediate trigger for the march is the opposition's protest against the CEC, which began on 2 October. The order from the education officer and the school closures are the concrete local consequence of that national political deadlock. No further school closures have been announced.
Source: scroll.in
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