Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the symbolic movement of ‘PDA Pathshala’ should now be transformed into a real and grassroots mass movement. “Only then will the future generations of the exploited and deprived sections of society be able to get an education and progress,” he added.
He alleged that government schools are being closed in the state due to the BJP’s anti-education mindset.
In a statement here on Friday, Yadav said that the BJP knows education brings awareness and scientific consciousness among the people, which is a threat to its outdated, conservative, and narrow-minded ideology. This is why the BJP is against education and science, and its associates want to mold children into a single, negative ideology.
He said snatching away the right to education from children is a serious social crime, the brunt of which will be borne most by the PDA community. If the government education system is weakened, the future of children from poor, backward, and deprived classes will become bleak.
The SP president claimed that the upcoming election will be historic, in which education will be the decisive issue in defeating and removing the BJP. He said that even the poorest person, and especially every mother, wants to educate their children, and this time, women will determine the BJP’s defeat.
Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the BJP will pretend to deposit money into accounts, but the truth has spread to every village, street, and neighborhood that if government schools are closed, private schools will start looting people. The exorbitant fees of private schools, along with the costs of uniforms, books, notebooks, transportation, and other expenses, will consume the entire income of ordinary families.
He said that no matter what temptations the BJP offers, this time the public will not fall for its tricks. People are still demanding an account of the promise of Rs 15 lakh, and this is why many people are now hesitant to identify themselves as BJP supporters. Akhilesh Yadav warned that if government education is abolished, people already struggling with inflation and unemployment will be unable to educate their children. Even those who try to send their children to school will find their entire income consumed by private school fees, uniforms, books and stationery, transportation costs, projects, picnics, and other expenses.