For Images Of Roti With Salt Served At UP School, Journalist Charged Days after students at a government school in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district were filmed eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal under a flagship scheme of the central government, a case has been filed by the state government against the journalist who shot the video. In its complaint, the Block Education Officer of the area has accused the journalist, Pawan Jaiswal, and a representative of the local village head of conspiracy to defame the Uttar Pradesh government. In the video from the Mirzapur school, young children are seen sitting on the floor of the school corridor, eating rotis ... Continue reading... https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for...erved-at-up-school-journalist-charged-2094133
For Images Of Roti With Salt Served At UP School, Journalist Charged More than a week after children studying at a government school in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district were filmed eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal under a flagship scheme of the central government, a case has been filed by the state government against the journalist who shot the video. In its complaint, the Block Education Officer of the area has accused the journalist – Pawan Jaiswal – and a representative of the local village head of being a part of a conspiracy to defame the Uttar Pradesh government. In the video from the Mirzapur school, young children were ... Continue reading... Access the followin link at your own risk! It attempts to do a drive-by installation of a browser add-on that you can't get out of. www DOT pioneernews DOT in SLASH for-images-of-roti-with-salt-served-at-up-school-journalist-charged
Journalist who exposed salt-roti meal in school booked by UP govt. Pawan Jaiswal, a print reporter with a Hindi daily, was charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and providing false evidence. Array Days after he filmed children eating roti and salt in the mid-day meals served in a primary school in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, a local journalist was booked by police for trying to defame the government through a “conspiracy.” Pawan Jaiswal, a print reporter with a Hindi daily, was charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and providing false evidence. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Prem Shankar Ram, Block Education Officer, Mirzapur. Along with the scribe, the police ... “ Ironically, in the same three-page FIR, the administration admits that only roti and salt were cooked for the children at the school till noon on August 22, when the reporter filmed the episode. But it blamed Mr. Jaiswal and Mr. Pal of stitching up a conspiracy to defame the mid-day meal scheme and malign the state government. Instead of arranging for the vegetables, Mr. Pal called a reporter, Mr. Jaiswal, to the school premises and asked him to shoot a video showing students being served only roti and salt, the administration alleged. ” The government said Mr. Jaiswal not only shot the videos but also forwarded it to agency ANI following which it was made viral on social media. The action against the reporter, however, is also contradicted by the stand taken by the administration after the issue came to light last month. District Magistrate Anurag Patel had found the complaints to be true, after holding two independent probes at the local level. “Both reports showed that it was true that the students were being fed roti and salt,” Mr. Patel had said, as he announced the suspension of the teacher-in-charge and the ... Continue reading... https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...-school-booked-by-up-govt/article29320560.ece
“Take Photos, Why Make Video?” UP Official On ‘Roti And Salt’ In School Amid outrage over a journalist being charged for his video showing roti and salt being served to children at a school in Uttar Pradesh, a top official has added to the display of callousness with his comments. In a video taken on August 22 at the school in Mirzapur, young children are seen sitting on the floor eating rotis with salt served as midday meal under a flagship scheme of the central government. Pawan Jaiswal, who works with a local Hindi daily,Jansandesh Times, has been charged with conspiracy for shooting the video. A representative of the village head has also ... Continue reading... Access the followin link at your own risk! It attempts to do a drive-by installation of a browser add-on that you can't get out of. www DOT pioneernews DOT in SLASH take-photos-why-make-video-up-official-on-roti-and-salt-in-school
