State Government has suspended principal of a Government high school in Ratlam district after notebooks carrying pictures of Veer Savarkar were distributed for free among the students. The BJP has strongly condemned the action.
The Ujjain divisional commissioner had issued suspension orders of principal RN Kairawat on Tuesday. However, the Government action has not only anguished locals but the students of the Government school on Wednesday staged a protest against action on their school principal.
Locals claimed that on Nov 4, a volunteer organisation Veer Savarkar Hitarth Jankalyan Samiti had distributed these notebooks among the students. The study material had picture of Savarkar on the cover besides photographs of NGO’s officebearers.
A complaint was lodged against the same afterwards, but the action was initiated on Tuesday.
After the volunteer organisation had uploaded the pictures of the said event on social media, a fan group of the Congress party had intimated party IT Cell in Bhopal following which a complaint was lodged with the Ratlam collector.
The collector had directed the district education officer to probe into the allegations. On being asked about the distribution of said notebooks, the principal had replied that the said distribution was done for student welfare. Each student was given two notebooks each.
However, the DEO recommended action against the principal saying the said event was organised without permission from the department of School Education.
Flaying administrative action on Kairawat, several employees’ union too have backed the principal saying various NGOs distribute different items among the students and such an action would intimidate government teachers.
Minister of School Education Prabhuram Chaudhary told the media that it was principal’s duty to monitor what was offered to the students.
Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a tweet said that hatred to Veer Savarkar has blinded Kamal Nath government that’s why his government was insulting great personalities. It’s saddening to see a principal honoured by the President of India in the past has been suspended like this.
Notably, Kairawat ‘s school is famous for offering cent per cent results in high schools in last few days and he was felicitated by former President Pratibha Patil for his excellent academic record in year 2010.