Journalist Who Exposed Salt & Roti Mid-day Meal Appeals Yogi Govt To Fund His Cancer Treatment
A journalist based in Uttar Pradesh took to Twitter to appeal to Yogi government to fund his cancer treatment. Pawan Jaiswal (37) who has two children is a freelance journalist from?Mirzapur-Vindhyachal and has been struggling to provide for his treatment.?
His tweet translated to, "In life, we have done journalism with honesty, we disclosed that salt roti were being fed to children. But now I am losing hope. At this time I need money for treatment. I am battling with the problem of cancer. . help please @myogiadityanath @yadavakhilesh@priyankagandhi."
Salt-roti expose?
He is the man who exposed that only salt and rotis were served to children as a mid-day meal in a UP school. The video showed a woman distributing rotis and another woman salt to children as the mid-day meal.
As per norms under the mid-day meal scheme, pulses, rice, rotis, vegetables with fruits and milk on certain days are to be served to schoolchildren to ensure necessary nutrition to them.
The mid-day meal scheme is designed to provide a minimum of 450 calories per child per day, which should include at least 12 grams of protein as well. These meals should be served to each child at least 200 days a year.
The mid-day meal case
Later in 2019, Jaiswal was given clean chit after he was booked for allegedly maligning the image of the state government after he shot a video showing just salt and rotis being served to students of a primary school in Mirzapur.
The video, shot by Jaiswal, of Shiur Primary School under Aharaura police station had gone viral on August 22, sparking an Opposition backlash against the BJP government in the state.
The state government had suspended two teachers and a case was registered against Jaiswal, a journalist with a Hindi daily, and the representative of Hinauta village head Rajkumar Pal for allegedly maligning the image of state government.
The case was registered 10 days after the video went viral.After the video was shared widely on social media, the National Human Rights Commission had also sought a report on the matter from the state.
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