Siddaramaiah accuses Karnataka govt of being hand-in-glove with pvt schools
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday accused the BJP government in Karnataka of being 'hand-in-glove' with private educational institutions which were allegedly overcharging students.
In a series of tweets, the Congress leader slammed Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar for allegedly not having control over private education institutions.
He alleged that schools were forcing parents to pay full school fees and threatening to stop online classes if they did not comply with it and said the government was silent on the issue.
"Schools are charging even extra curricular fees on top of teaching fees. This is an additional burden on parents.
The @BJP4Karnataka is hand in gloves with the institutions," Siddaramaiah, who is Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly tweeted.
He sought the intervention of the Chief Minister and the Primary and Secondary Education Minister to resolve the issue at the earliest.
Meanwhile, a group of parents staged a demonstration here, holding placards and banners and raised slogans against private educational institutions for overcharging.
The mother of a student at the protest venue, said this month she was not able to pay fees because her husband, the sole earning member, had lost his job as a fallout of COVID-19 lockdown and alleged the management did not allow her son to appear for the half-yearly exams.
Confused decisions of @CMofKarnataka & Education department has left students, their parents and private education institutions in no man's land.@CMofKarnataka & @nimmasuresh should interfere and resolve the issue at the earliest.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 20, 2020
1/5#SOS_Education
.@CMofKarnataka & education minister @nimmasuresh are directly responsible for the conflict between parents & private education institutions.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 20, 2020
The govt is trying to hide its gross mismanagement by creating rift between parents & institutions.
2/5#SOS_Education
There is no govt's control over private education institutions. Schools are forcing parents to pay complete school fee and threatening to stop online classes if it is not paid.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 20, 2020
But the govt is silent on the issue.@CMofKarnataka@nimmasuresh
3/5#SOS_Education
Schools are charging even extra curricular fees on top of teaching fees. This is an additional burden on parents.@BJP4Karnataka is hand in gloves with the institutions.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 20, 2020
4/5#SOS_Education
Series of meeting by govt about reopening schools had created confusion and panic among parents.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 20, 2020
Education minister @nimmasuresh should conduct meeting with both parents and management in a transparent way & resolve the issue at the earliest.
5/5#SOS_Education
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
