A for Akhilesh’, D for Dimple’: PDA Pathshala row rocks UP politics

Lucknow, Aug 11 (UNI) With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly session set to begin on Monday, political tempers are already flaring. The BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have locked horns over the “PDA Pathshala” controversy, sparking an early war of words.

BJP MLC Subhash Yaduvanshi on Monday demanded that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav apologise for the initiative.

Outside the BJP headquarters, Yaduvanshi put up a poster reading, “SP ka PDA Pathshala ka kala sach. Pradesh ka kaun abhibhavak apne bachche ko padhana chahta hai A for Akhilesh aur D for Dimple (truth behind SP’s PDA Pathshala: Will any guardian like one’s kids to be taught ‘A’ for Akhilesh and ‘D’ for Dimple).”

Countering the attack, former SP MLC Sunil Yadav Sajan said it was Akhilesh Yadav’s PDA Pathshala concept that forced the Yogi Adityanath government to withdraw its school merger plan.

“The court had also reprimanded them,” he added, accusing the state government of diverting attention from pressing public issues.

The SP has been conducting PDA Pathshala activities in several districts.

In Lucknow, an SP leader was recently booked for running one at Umarbhari Primary School, which had previously been merged by the Basic Education Department due to low student numbers.