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NHRC seeks report on school shutdown for BJP meet
Tuesday September 06, 2011 06:22:43 PM,
IANS
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Patna: The National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Bihar government for
an inquiry into a complaint that a government school was shut down
for two days for the ruling Janata Dal-United's ally Bharatiya
Janata Party executive, and minors washed plates at the meet.
The school in Vaishali district was shut to accommodate BJP
politicians' security in the school premises, that too without any
official sanction, according to reports here.
The expose has landed the BJP in a major trouble, officials said.
The NHRC Monday issued a notice to the Bihar government for
allegedly making minor children serve politicians and wash plates
at the BJP's executive meet, which began Sunday and was attended
by the state's labour minister, according to officials here.
Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Left party
leaders said both incidents have exposed the double face of the
BJP's claims of good governance.
"BJP leaders forced a government school shutdown for two days
without official permission. It is a clear cut case of violation,
and deprived hundreds of children of their regular classes," RJD
state president Ramchandra Purve said.
The NHRC has asked the state government to submit a report within
four weeks.
The commission observed that the allegations contained in the
complaint, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human
rights of the children.
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