06-29-2007, 10:04 AM
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By IANS
Thursday June 28, 04:48 PM
Patna, June 28 (IANS) Dozens of Muslim students of a government-run Urdu school in a Bihar village have refused to take mid-day meals cooked by a Dalit woman.
'We will not touch the food. There is no question of taking food cooked by a woman belonging to the scheduled caste,' said Nurjahan Bano, an eight-year-old student of Amri Urdu middle school in Rohtas district, about 150 km from here.
Md Aslam Ansari, a teacher in the school, admitted that Muslim students were not eating mid-day meals for nearly a month. 'It is an unfortunate thing,' he said.
'All the Muslim students of the school refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman,' villager Naushad Alam said. There are over 100 students in the school.
Some parents of the school students are responsible for the decision, Alam said.
'Last month, only a few students refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman but later most of the students followed them,' he said.
No official has visited the school so far despite a complaint filed by the Dalit woman who used to cook for the students under the mid-day meal scheme.
The district administration officials are planning to visit the school for an inspection. 'We will inquire into the case soon,' district official Ramnarain said.
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By IANS
Thursday June 28, 04:48 PM
Patna, June 28 (IANS) Dozens of Muslim students of a government-run Urdu school in a Bihar village have refused to take mid-day meals cooked by a Dalit woman.
'We will not touch the food. There is no question of taking food cooked by a woman belonging to the scheduled caste,' said Nurjahan Bano, an eight-year-old student of Amri Urdu middle school in Rohtas district, about 150 km from here.
Md Aslam Ansari, a teacher in the school, admitted that Muslim students were not eating mid-day meals for nearly a month. 'It is an unfortunate thing,' he said.
'All the Muslim students of the school refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman,' villager Naushad Alam said. There are over 100 students in the school.
Some parents of the school students are responsible for the decision, Alam said.
'Last month, only a few students refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman but later most of the students followed them,' he said.
No official has visited the school so far despite a complaint filed by the Dalit woman who used to cook for the students under the mid-day meal scheme.
The district administration officials are planning to visit the school for an inspection. 'We will inquire into the case soon,' district official Ramnarain said.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070628/43/6hhaf.html
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