School students' ordeal
In a recent news report covering a road show, we saw school students welcoming the dignitaries waiving flags. It is good to see on television. But we do not see the other side of the picture. How long did these students wait in the road? We have no idea how many of them got sick for doing so.
School students are compelled to participate in such rallies or similar programmes. They have been abused as decoration pieces on the road. Hundreds of students in school uniform really look nice, it is true. But, no one pay heeds to the pain they need to suffer through while doing so.
After 1/11 we have seen that many positive changes have taken place. People will get benefit from those changes in future too. May we expect this government to consider relieving the school students from participating in these types of programmes. Political governments have not paid heed to their ordeal, may be because they need more participants in their programmes to prove their popularity.
Guardians and students will be grateful to the present caretaker government if any state order is promulgated to relieve the students from participating in such programmes to welcome dignitaries.
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