Madhya Pradesh: ABVP Takes to Streets Over Use of Pakistan Flags in School Play
Shruti Tomar | 21 August 2024 | Hindustan Times
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s ideological fount Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), took to the streets on Wednesday demanding the registration of a case against a school in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam for using Pakistani flags for a scene on partition in a play on India’s independence struggle. The workers of ABVP blocked the Mhow-Neemuch Road. District collector Rajesh Batham said that they were looking into the matter even as Ratlam’s Child Welfare Committee (CWC) issued a notice to the district education officer seeking cancellation of a school’s recognition. The notice said “anti-national activities” were organised in the school on August 15 by giving Pakistani flags to children aged between three and four. “Who gave the flag of any other country, especially the flag of Pakistan, to small children? What is your intention behind this?” it asked….