Madhya Pradesh School Gets Steel Plates After Viral Video Shows Students Eating on Newspapers

A government primary school in Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, has received new steel plates after a viral video showed students eating their mid-day meals on newspapers — sparking outrage across social media and drawing criticism from several quarters, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

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This is Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh.

Food is being served to children like animals, on waste paper, under the mid-day meal scheme.

BJP has been in power in MP for the last 20 years.

Not a single teacher was present at the school.

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Following the controversy, BJP leader and former state minister Ramniwas Rawat, along with Sub-Divisional Magistrate Abhishek Mishra, visited the government school in Hullapur under Vijaypur block on Saturday. Both joined the students for lunch, eating the mid-day meal with them to demonstrate improved conditions.

A follow-up video shared online showed the school premises cleaned and decorated, with children now eating comfortably from shiny new stainless steel plates.