30-07-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Lok Sabha: SP raises issue of school closures in UP
New Delhi, July 30 (UNI) The issue of school closures and mergers in Uttar Pradesh due to low student enrollment was raised by the Samajwadi Party members in the Lok Sabha today.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Samajwadi Party members Naresh Chandra Uttam Patel, Neeraj Maurya and Dharmendra Yadav urged the central government to intervene, saying that such measures would have serious social consequences.
Naresh Chandra Uttam Patel called the policy as "discriminatory", saying,
"This so-called merger policy is against Dalits, the poor, and girls.' He said that the closure of schools could lead to an increase in child labour and other grave issues affecting vulnerable communities.
Patel further alleged, "While schools were being shut down, liquor shops were being opened in large numbers across the state, reflecting the administration's misplaced priorities".
Echoing Patel's concerns, MPs Neeraj Maurya and Dharmendra Yadav asserted that the education system in Uttar Pradesh had collapsed under the current government. Maurya demanded the establishment of more Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas to ensure quality education reaches all sections of society.
The MPs called on the central government to take immediate and serious action to address the issue, emphasising the need to protect the Right to Education, particularly for marginalised Vishal Prakashbapu Patil raised the issue of grape farmers in Maharashtra.
Patil alleged that raisins were being illegally imported from China which were badly affecting the Indian farmers.
He urged the government to check these illegal imports.
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