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UP Cabinet Dissolves JP Narayan Centre Society, SP Vows School Flag Protests

Asserting that the handover is a prelude to privatization, Akhilesh Yadav will stage flag-hoisting campaigns at shuttered schools to defend public education

Akhilesh Yadav accuses BJP of closing government primary schools to silence voices of poor (File photo)
UP deputy CM Brajesh Pathak was reacting to the SP chief recent remarks on JPNIC. (HT file)

Overview

  • The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved dissolving the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre society and transferred its completion, operation and upkeep to the Lucknow Development Authority with an ₹821.74 crore loan to be repaid over 30 years.
  • Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of orchestrating the move to facilitate a future sale and offered to raise funds to acquire the centre himself.
  • Yadav announced that SP workers will hoist the national flag at all 5,000 primary schools closed by the state government on Independence Day to protest what he calls politically timed closures at former BJP-losing polling booths.
  • Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak defended the decision as a means to safeguard public property and asserted that the LDA takeover will ensure the centre serves common people rather than private interests.
  • The dispute has heightened the SP-BJP rivalry ahead of upcoming state and Bihar elections, centering on access to education and the preservation of JP Narayan’s socialist legacy.