Principal lands in a soup for ‘I Love Manish Sisodia’ banner

The Delhi Police initiated an investigation against the installation of a banner saying “I Love Manish Sisodia” at the gate of a Delhi government school in northeast Delhi.

According to sources, the police on Saturday filed a case after the locals protested when the banner was being put up on Friday morning in Shastri Park area. On the complaint of Diwakar Pandey, a local resident, police registered a case under Section 3 of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act in Shastri Park Police Station. The School Management Committee (SMC) Coordinator Gazala along with the school principal got the banner fixed on the school gate, as per media reports.

Diwakar Pandey: “On March 3, between 8-8.30 am, some Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers were putting up a banner above the gate of the government school in Shastri Park. First, they took out a desk from the school. Brought it outside and climbed on it and started putting a poster of `I love Manish Sisodia` on the gate, to which people objected and said that this is a temple of education, keep it away from politics.”

He added: “We even asked them if they had permission. They claimed to be related to MLA Abdul Rehman. After this, a person contacted the MLA and asked him if he had given permission and the MLA replied with a yes. We know the MLA is lying as such permission is never given for a school to be used for some political gains.”

He stated that the banner was removed after the people protested. He said, “The problem is that children were made to write `I love Manish Sisodia`. Our culture does not allow all these things.”

“They are trying to brainwash the children. We asked the principal, but he failed to recognize the seriousness of the matter, after which I lodged a complaint. The police have registered a case taking cognizance and assured that the culprits will be punished,” he added.

While talking to ANI, a local resident Durgesh Tiwari said, “Some AAP workers had come here and put the `I Love Sisodia` banner on the gate and called the children who were coming to school to sit near the gate.”

“I confronted them and said what they were doing was not right. To this, the workers replied that what the government is doing is not right and our education minister has been sent to jail. They said that the children are registering their sympathy towards him,” Tiwari added.

(With inputs from ANI)

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