Archive · 3 Aug 2025
UP: SP Leaders Face FIRs Over 'PDA Pathshalas' in Schools
In Uttar Pradesh, some Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders are in trouble for holding unauthorized 'PDA Pathshalas' (schools) in government schools.
One MLA and others broke into a school to host a political event.
Another leader allegedly spread false information and held a school outside the premises without permission.
In Bhadohi, another group was booked for involving children.
The government is now telling schools to keep an eye out for these unauthorized activities.
The SP is against the government's decision to merge schools.
Multiple FIRs filed against Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders for allegedly organizing unauthorized 'PDA Pathshalas' in government schools.
SP MLA R K Verma and others booked for breaking into a school and organizing a political event.
Rachna Singh Gautam, another SP leader, accused of spreading misinformation and conducting a PDA Pathshala without permission.
Anjani Saroj and associates booked in Bhadohi for allegedly involving schoolchildren in a PDA Pathshala.
The Department of Primary Education has issued directives for monitoring and action against unauthorized activities in paired schools.
- Who
- SP leaders including R K Verma, Rachna Singh Gautam, and Anjani Saroj, along with others, were booked.
- What
- Multiple FIRs were filed against Samajwadi Party leaders for conducting unauthorized 'PDA Pathshalas' and related activities in government schools.
- When
- FIRs were filed in the last week of July and early August.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, specifically Pratapgarh, Kanpur, and Bhadohi.
- Why
- The actions were taken in response to the Samajwadi Party's 'PDA Pathshalas' in protest against the government's school pairing policy.
Samajwadi Party
BJP
Education
Samajwadi Party
The BJP is purposefully trying to deprive PDA communities and poor children from getting an education.
BJP
Children’s education will not be allowed to become a political laboratory, and we will fight against this distorted mindset on every platform.
- Political Party
- Samajwadi Party (SP)
- Government Department
- Department of Primary Education
- Schools Involved
- Primary School, Narayanpur Kala; Primary School, Shahampur Garhi; Primary School, Sikandra village
- Policy in Dispute
- School pairing policy
- Charges
- Criminal trespass, unlawful assembly, wrongful confinement, Damage to public property Act
- Locations of FIRs
- Pratapgarh, Kanpur, and Bhadohi
