Overview
- Footage from a government school in Hullpur village, Sheopur, shows young children seated on the ground as food, including potato gravy, was ladled onto small newspaper pieces with no teacher supervision.
- Sheopur Collector Arpit Verma ordered an inquiry, the SDM confirmed the incident, the self‑help group’s contract was revoked, and notices went to block‑level education officials.
- District Education Officer M. L. Garg suspended school in‑charge Bhogiram (Bhogaram) Dhakad, with officials noting reports that serving food on paper had occurred previously.
- A preliminary probe found cooking staff had not cleaned utensils, and the secondary school principal has been tasked with food arrangements until a new provider is appointed.
- Rahul Gandhi amplified the video and condemned the state and central leadership, as officials cited stricter scrutiny of meal contractors; official data show meals were served in 87,567 of 88,299 MP schools on November 6.