Protest of Worst Midday Meal tragedy in Bihar

Patna, July 17:

27 children died and many others got seriously ill after eating their midday meal at Dharmsati Primary School under Mashrak bloc in Saran District. SUCI (Communist) Bihar State Committee termed the incident country’s worst midday meal tragedy. Shiv Shankar, Sercretary, SUCI (Communist) Bihar State Committee, said in a press statement that the deaths due to consuming poisonous midday meal was the outcome of utter negligence of the state government. He demanded high level impartial judicial inquiry of the incident so that the culprits could be brought out in public and stern punishment could be meted out against them. “The deaths could have been avoided if the local Primary Health Centre and even the Sadar Hospital were equipped and have sufficient doctors and staffs,” he added. He demanded Rupees 10 lacks compensation to parents of each victims and proper treatment of ill children at government expense.

SUCI (Communist) Bihar State Committee called All Bihar protest day on 17^th July the next day of the tragedy. Under the auspices of Patna District Committee of the party a protest meeting was held amid thunderous slogans against the State Government and effigy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was burnt at Patna Junction roundabout. Sadhana Mishra, Member, Bihar State Committee cum Secretary, SUCI (Communist), Patna District Committee, M K Pathak, Suryakar Jitendra and Rajkumar Chaudhary, all Members, Bihar State Committee, SUCI (Communist) addressed the meeting.

On All Bihar protest day, party workers and supporters took out a protest demonstration at Muzaffarpur which traversing the main thoroughfares of the city reached Kalyani Chowk, where a protest meeting was held. Among others the meeting was addressed by Arjun Kumar, Member, Bihar State Committee cum Secretary, SUCI (Communist), Muzaffarpur District Committee and Lalbabu Mahato, Member, Bihar State Committee, SUCI (Communist).

In Munger protest demonstration and meeting was held at Jamalpur. Amid thunderous slogans against State Government protest meeting was held at Jubilee Well. Among others it was addressed by Pramod Kumar, Member, Bihar State Committee cum Secretary, SUCI (Communist), Munger District Committee and Jyoti Kumar, Secretary, SUCI (Communist), Jamalpur Local Committee.

Protest demonstrations were also held at Darbhanga, Jehanabad and Kurtha in Arwal district.