Youth Morcha storms DM office highlighting critical gaps in schools, questions FIR on activist
The group reached the administration after a case was filed against one of its members, Rajat Singh, for showing the poor condition of government schools on camera in Deoria
Youth activists of the Justice Morcha, a forum focused on employment and education issues in Uttar Pradesh, stormed the District Magistrate's office in Deoria on August 24, 2026, to highlight significant gaps in basic school infrastructure. The activists demanded improvements after a case was filed against one of their members, Rajat Singh, for documenting the poor conditions of government schools in Deoria through video footage.
According to Abhinav Mishra, a representative of the Justice Morcha, the activists approached the DM's office following the filing of charges against Rajat. The District Magistrate reportedly left the office immediately upon their arrival, citing the need for urgent action on the issues raised by the activists.
The activists questioned the Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, about the purported improvement of government schools. They pointed out that if the conditions of schools had genuinely changed, why were cases still being filed to expose the ground reality? The activists also questioned the effectiveness of the Kayakalp scheme, suggesting that it was merely a paper exercise.
On August 22, the police in Deoria arrested Rajat Singh for allegedly entering a primary school without permission and spreading false information. The police registered a First Information Report (FIR) under sections 329(4) and 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The Congress party strongly condemned the police action, alleging that it was an attempt to silence the voices of the youth.
Senior U.P. Congress leader Ajay Kumar 'Lallu' criticized the BJP government for closing over a lakh schools in Uttar Pradesh, with around 25,000 schools specifically shut in the state. He alleged that marginalized social groups, such as the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs), were being excluded from the education system.
Lallu claimed that the youth's protests against this injustice were being misrepresented as nefarious attempts to silence voices. He further suggested that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP were involved in organized looting of public money under the guise of infrastructure development, ultimately depriving the poor of their right to education.
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