MP: Digvijaya Singh gets legal notice for saying RSS-backed schools sow hatred in students’ minds

A Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson in Madhya Pradesh has sent a legal notice to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for saying that schools backed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh plant communal hatred in the minds of students, PTI reported on Wednesday.

Singh had reportedly made the comments on Sunday about Saraswati Shishu Mandir, a private network of schools in Bhopal.

“We are fighting against those who sow the seeds of hate against other religions in the hearts and minds of students at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir right from childhood,” Singh had said. “These seeds of hate gradually disturb India’s communal harmony, create communal bitterness and leads to riots.”

Pankaj Chaturvedi, the BJP spokesperson, on Wednesday asked Singh to retract his comments against the schools, according to PTI.

“Singh should seek an apology from students and teachers of the schools spread across India within seven days failing which I will take legal action against him in a competent court,” Chaturvedi said.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had also served a notice to the Congress leader and Madhya Pradesh’s Director General of Police Vivek Johri on Monday, India Today reported.

The child rights body asked Johri to conduct an inquiry…

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