BJP MP slaps wrestler at an event in Jharkhand
The Hindu
Video has gone viral on social media
A Bharatiya Janata Party MP was seen in a video, which has gone viral on social media, slapping a young wrestler at a wrestling event in Ranchi iin Jharkhand. The BJP MP is president of the Wrestling Federation of India and was the chief guest at the event.
The BJP MP from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, was caught on camera while slapping a wrestler repeatedly on the stage at an Under-15 National Wrestling Championship event held at Shahid Ganpat Rai indoor stadium in Khel Village in Ranchion December 14. The video of the incident went viral on social media on Saturday.
The wrestler was said to be over-age for the Under-15 event and was disqualified but he kept requesting the authorities to allow him to participate.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.