Overview
- Steel plates were issued to the Hullpur government school, where officials and a local BJP leader joined students for lunch to verify service.
- The district terminated the Jai Santoshi Maa self-help group’s contract, suspended the school in-charge, and issued notices to block and cluster officials.
- A preliminary report said cleaners were absent, utensils went unwashed, and staff served food on paper to keep meals going.
- Meal preparation and serving have been transferred to the School Management Committee, pending further inquiry and oversight.
- The education department ordered monthly checks by coordinators, random inspections by district and block officers, and real-time compliance logging via a Google Form, as Rahul Gandhi publicly criticized the episode.