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Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh State committee of the Students’ Federation of India person powerfully condemned the remarks made by Telugu student Garikapati Narasimha Rao connected the mid-day repast scheme, terming them arrogant and insensitive.
In a statement, the federation’s State president P. Rammohan and caput K. Prasanna Kumar said that making specified remarks astir the mid-day repast served to children from economically mediocre families was unpardonable. They demanded that Mr. Rao retreat his comments and contented an apology.
They asserted that respective studies had shown that the mid-day repast strategy had helped governments amended pupil enrolment successful schools and trim dropout rates. They said Mr. Rao’s assertion that children attended schoolhouse lone for eggs, and that acquisition had go meaningless, was a nonstop insult to the dignity of young learners and their families.
Referring to the precocious levels of malnutrition among families beneath the poorness enactment crossed the country, the pupil leaders said it was inappropriate to criticise a strategy that provides food, books and uniforms to children.
Leaders of the Kula Vyatireka Porata Samithi besides criticised Mr. Rao’s remarks, stating that helium appeared to beryllium blinded by pridefulness and should apologise to the schoolchildren helium had spoken astir successful a derogatory manner.
In a abstracted statement, the samithi’s State wide caput A. Malyadri demanded that Mr. Rao tender an unconditional apology successful a nationalist forum.
