UP school principal suspended after kids served rice & salt in mid-day meal

Ayodhya, Sep 30 (IANS) The principal of a government primary school in Bikapur tehsil of Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district has been suspended after a video of students being served rice with salt in the mid-day meal went viral on the social media.On getting the information, parents of the children went to the school and lodged a strong protest against the principal.They claimed that the headmistress rarely visited the school and added that around 50 students were served rice and salt in the midday meal on Tuesday."Many a time the children do not get anything in the mid-day meal," they said.Meanwhile, Ayodhya District Magistrate Nitish Kumar, said that the principal of the school Ekta Yadav has been suspended and a probe ordered into the incident.
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