NCPCR, Owaisi, Priyanka condemn slapping of minority student in UP

A purported video showing a teacher asking students to slap a student reportedly belonging to a minority community in Uttar Pradeshs Muzaffarnagar has drawn condemnation from various segmentsThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday reacted sharply after the undated video went viral on social mediaNCPCRs chief Priyank Kanoongo appealed on social media not to share the video to protect the identity of the children involved in the incidentTaking to microblogging site X he also assured that the NCPCR will fight the childs battle with full promptness to get justice for himReacting over the incident Owaisi wrote on X Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is responsible for what happened to the child Perhaps you will invite this criminal to Lucknow and reward him No count of how many Muslim children are forced to bear such humiliation silently It is common to call Muslim children Jihadi or Pakistani in schoolsThe NCPCR chief asked Owaisi not to share the video as it can be a threat to the privacy of the childrenPriyanka Gandhi condemned the incident and said What kind of classroom what kind of society do we want to give to our future generations Where there is talk of technology to go to the moon or things that build a boundary wall of hatred The choice is clear Hate is the biggest enemy of progress We have to unite and speak against this hatred for our country for progress for the coming generationsCongress leader KC Venugopal also condemned the incident saying This is the Nafrat Ka Bazaar market of hatred we are fighting against Outraged at this teacher who is encouraging children to slap their fellow classmate because he is from another religionChildren need to be taught compassion brotherhood and respect for all faiths The poison spread by the BJP and itrsquos allied media outlets are responsible for this We must put in all our efforts to undo it in every part of the country Venugopal addedCondemning the incident RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary said Muzaffarnagar school video is a painful warning of how deep rooted religious divides can trigger violence against the marginalised minority communities Our MLAs from Muzzafarnagar will ensure that UP Police files a case suomoto and the childrsquos education is not disruptedMeanwhile Muzaffarnagar police claimed the video was from a school of village Khubbapur in MuzaffarnagarThe police have started an investigation into the matter after taking suo moto cognizance of the videoWe have decided not to take up the case The school have returned our fees We have decided that our child will not go to that school father of the victim told media personsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever