Congress Leader Kharge Writes To President Murmu Against Privatisation Of Sainik Schools

Questioning the Union government’s move to privatise Sainik Schools by signing memorandums of understanding (MoUs), Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu to call for a complete rollback of the policy.

Referring to a recent investigative report based on an RTI [Right to Information] reply, Mr. Kharge said Sainik Schools are being privatised using a new public private partnership model, and now 62% of these schools are said to be owned by the Bharatiya Janata Janata Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders.

He said, in the past, successive Indian governments kept Armed Forces and its affiliate institutions away from shadows of political ideologies but the Central government has “broken” this well-enshrined convention.