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Minister Anjaneya in the dock for equating private schools with brothels

Managements plan to file defamation case against minister
Last Updated 18 May 2016, 20:13 IST
Minister for Social Welfare H Anjaneya has kicked off a controversy by suggesting that private schools are managed like brothels. The comment has raised the hackles of the private school managements.

At a programme at the Kurubarahalli government higher primary school in the city recently, Anjaneya had said that private school managements ran their institutes as if it were a “prostitution racket”.

The minister said this to drive home the point that private schools charged excess fee and did not give enough room for students from all backgrounds to grow equally. He also referred to the private schools asking RTE students to pay for their seats.

“But for RTE, many students would have been out of school,” he had said. Shashi Kumar, organising secretary of the Karnataka State Private Schools Managements' Federation, said that they were contemplating to file a defamation suit against the minister. “We will file a criminal defamation case. We will issue a notice to the minister. The root cause for the issue is that there is no clarity on books and school fees, as to who is expected to pay for these,” he said.

Mansoor Ali Khan, general secretary, CBSE Schools Association, said, “It is irresponsible and unbecoming of a minister to be talking like that. He needs to realise the contribution of private schools to the state. We urge the chief minister to take action against him. How can one use such language and have such deplorable behaviour? We demand a public apology.”

The CBSE and ICSE schools too will file a defamation case against the minister.  “We will certainly file a defamation suit, as it is totally unacceptable. If someone in that position has this sort of thought process, what can we expect him to do for the state and country?” said Srinivasan, president, Management of Independent CBSE Schools Association, Karnataka.

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(Published 18 May 2016, 20:13 IST)

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