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UP Government School Mid-Day Meal Under Fire Over Viral Video

UP Government School Mid-Day Meal Under Fire Over Viral Video
'Water Curry, Burnt Roti': UP's Sitapur Government School Mid-Day Meal Under Fire After Viral Video Shows Poor-Quality Food | Watch · freepressjournal.in

Some videos were shared on the internet showing children at a government primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, getting a lunch that did not look good.

This lunch is called a mid-day meal, and it is supposed to be a healthy free meal for school kids.

In the videos, the vegetable curry looks more like water with a few vegetables in it.

The rotis, which are a kind of flatbread, look burnt.

In another video, a person throws rotis onto the children's plates instead of placing them carefully.

Many people who watched the videos became upset.

A leader from the Congress party named Atul Londhe Patil said it looked like the children were being treated like animals.

Some people said the person in charge of the state should fix the meals.

The videos made many people angry and worried about the food that children get at school.

Key facts

Location
Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh
Setting
Government primary school
Reported meal quality
Watery aloo curry and burnt rotis
First video shared by
X user Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) on August 5, 2026
Political response
Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe Patil alleged rotis were thrown 'as if served to animals'
Social media reaction
Widespread outrage; some called for centralising the mid-day meal scheme in UP

Quotes

Atul Londhe Patil

Congress National Spokesperson, General Secretary, and Maharashtra Chief Spokesperson

“Rotis were being thrown onto the children's plates "as if they were being served to animals."”
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Social media user

Anonymous user comment on the viral video

“"High time Yogi Adityanath just centralises the mid‑day meal scheme in UP. Even after giving thousands every month for growing vegetables on school campuses and feeding fresh food to kids, if teachers and cooks are eating the money and you can't stop it, just centralise the distribution."”
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