House erupts over police 'excess', vacancy in English schools of Raj
Jaipur, March 10 -- Heated exchanges rocked the Rajasthan assembly on Monday as Congress MLA Ganesh Ghoghra accused Dungarpur police of extorting money, filing false cases and targeting poor tribal residents, while a row over vacant posts in English-medium schools sparked further uproar.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Ghoghra alleged that since the "double-engine government" came to power, police have been "looting the common people." He claimed officers at Ramsankda police station in Dungarpur district had implicated innocent people in false cases, including assaults on children, with similar irregularities at Bichhiwara police station where people were framed in fabricated cases.
"People who approach me say that the police ask them why they go to political leaders to seek justice. If the police don't listen, where should people go?" he said. Ghoghra alleged that Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000 is demanded for registering FIRs. "FIRs are lodged only after payment. Contrary to the slogan of instilling fear among criminals and trust among citizens, the police themselves have become offenders," he claimed.
The Congress MLA further said 90% of challans in his area are issued to poor tribal residents, and he alleged liquor smuggling to Gujarat from the Bichhiwara police station's jurisdiction.
Minister of state for home Jawahar Singh Bedham strongly refuted the charges, calling them "completely baseless." A sharp exchange followed between Bedham and Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra.
Bedham said crime in Dungarpur has declined by 16% due to strict policing. "The MLA's allegation that police are looting people under the double-engine government is entirely incorrect. The figures speak for themselves," he said, adding that Dotasra did not want to hear the truth. Dotasra countered that the Ghoghra's claims were "100% correct," leading to further uproar. The assembly also debated vacant posts in English-medium and Swami Vivekananda model schools opened during the previous Congress regime. Replying to BJP MLA Mahant Balaknath, education minister Madan Dilawar said the prior government converted 3,737 schools into Mahatma Gandhi government English-medium schools without creating teaching posts. He alleged that in several cases, appointed teachers lacked English-medium education themselves. "There are schools with one, two, or even zero students. How is it possible to appoint teachers of all grades there?" he asked, citing a school in Kalilav, Jodhpur district, with zero students. Dilawar suggested schools appeared open "as if under the influence of bhang," drawing strong objections from leader of opposition Tika Ram Jully, who called the language unbecoming of an education minister and accused Dilawar of an irresponsible reply. Jully argued that schools with 10-20 students deserve proper education and blamed the government for rising dropout rates.
Dilawar responded that during his tenure, Dotasra converted 203 schools in Laxmangarh alone into English-medium institutions without posts. He said the present government is rectifying this by sanctioning posts and appointing qualified teachers via interviews.
Dotasra maintained that the schools opened under a central scheme and asserted none of the 134 in question had just one or two students. He demanded clarity on creating a cadre for Swami Vivekananda schools....
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