Prayagraj, April 8 -- The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has taken a strong stance against the arbitrary pricing of books in private schools of Uttar Pradesh.

The Association has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath raising the issue of arbitrary book prices and unnecessary changes made to textbooks every year by private schools in the state.

The letter was sent by Allahabad High Court Bar Association president Rakesh Pandey and general secretary Akhilesh Kumar Sharma on Tuesday demanding CM Yogi Adityanath's immediate intervention.

The letter states that most private schools in the state are placing an unnecessary financial burden on parents as school managements are arbitrarily increasing book prices and forcing parents to p...