NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has questioned whether the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds are valued any less than those of politicians’ children after a school slab collapsed in Solapur, Maharashtra, injuring 13 students.“Are the lives of these kids any less valuable than those of politicians’ kids?” Dipke asked in an X post, highlighting what he described as a disparity in safety standards between schools attended by underprivileged children and those accessible to the privileged.
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The slab collapsed at a Kannada-medium school run by the Solapur Zilla Parishad on Monday, as per reports.Students were hospitalisedThe slab suddenly gave way while students were present, with debris falling directly on them and triggering panic on the school premises. Teachers and local residents rushed to rescue the children, while district council officials reached the spot with an ambulance.The 13 injured students were taken to hospital for treatment. In the videos being circulated, several children can be seen with bandages on their heads.The incident has raised questions over the condition of the school building and why classes were being conducted in a structure reportedly in poor condition.Dipke also questioned why children from disadvantaged backgrounds continue to be exposed to unsafe infrastructure, while such lapses are rarely seen in institutions attended by children of influential people.
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