After supporting the protest launched by Gen-Z, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday backed the protest launched by Gen-Alpha to improve school infrastructure and amenities.
After the call of Bhimrao Ambedkar to the deprived community to ‘educate yourselves,’ education—especially school education—has always been a special concern for people coming from the ‘Bahujan Samaj. In this process, thousands of government schools are also being shut, against which the BSP has continuously protested. Due to the bitter ground reality of the dismal condition of schools across the country, especially in UP and other North Indian states, Gen-Alpha, meaning children born after 2013, particularly school students and their parents have become extremely vocal, she said.
In a post on X, the BSP chief said that it is a matter of great sorrow and concern that innocent children—whose days are meant for laughter, play, reading, and writing—are being forced to take to the streets even for basic facilities for their primary school education, she said. Now after the shortage of basic needs like school buildings, teachers, drinking water, toilets, and cleanliness, the young Gen-Alpha are not only becoming extremely vocal but are also agitated themselves, she said.
