PTI, KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government was Friday at the centre of a huge political firestorm over a directive to build dining halls in state-run schools with more than 70 per cent minority students, drawing accusations of “religious discrimination” from the BJP and other opposition parties.
The chief minister, however, insisted it was an old circular that was long withdrawn but was “dredged up” by an “errant officer”. The matter was brought into public domain by the BJP’s West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh who took to Twitter to slam the government for its directive, calling it a move driven by “malafide motive”. He uploaded a copy of an order issued by the District Officer of Minority Affairs of Cooch Behar dated June 25 to the district inspector of schools seeking details of facilities with more than 70 per cent minority students.
