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PIL in Delhi High Court for proper implementation of Right to Education Act

New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking proper implementation of the Right to Education Act, alleging that authorities concerned have taken no action to ensure education, health, and nutrition of children up to the age of 14 years.

The PIL has sought framing of a policy to ensure education, health, and nutrition as well as the development of children up to the age of 14 years, as guaranteed under the Constitution.

The petition has sought directions to the AAP government and the municipal corporations, which run schools in the national capital, to carry out a house to house survey in their respective areas to find out if there are any children between the ages of 6-14 years who are not going to schools.

The petitioner, Salek Chand Jain, has also urged the court to direct authorities to take steps to curb the drop out rate in government and corporation-run schools.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar is likely to hear the matter on July 11.

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Is Modi attempting ‘international appeasement’ of minority, asks Akhilesh Yadav

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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Indonesia and Malaysia during the month of Ramzan an attempt towards “international appeasement” of the minority community.

During an interview with PTI, he claimed that the people of not only Uttar Pradesh, but of the entire country was upset with the BJP as other than making promises it “did nothing else”.

Citing a proverb, Yadav said, “With an empty stomach, people have now understood that the BJP does not mean business.”

Asking the BJP to restrain its leaders from making “absurd” comments, he said, “The BJP should learn to face defeats or else they will not be able to digest the outcome of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in which the opposition will stage a comeback.”

Slamming the BJP for accusing his party of practising minority appeasement, the Samajwadi Party chief said, “Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath says he does not celebrate Eid as he is a Hindu. The BJP charges us with practising Muslim appeasement. Modi has just visited Indonesia and Malaysia during the month of Ramzan. Is it an attempt towards ‘international appeasement’ of the Muslims?”

Adityanath had reportedly said that he is a Hindu and does not celebrate Eid, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was for the first time on an official visit to Indonesia – the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation – last month. He has visited Singapore twice and Malaysia once in 2015.

Modi had also visited Indonesia’s grand Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in southeast Asia, with President Joko Widodo.

Indonesia is not only the world’s most populous Muslim country, followed by India but the third largest democracy. Hindus comprise two percent of Indonesia’s population and form close to a 90 percent majority on the island of Bali.

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