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Uttar Pradesh : Adityanath Govt cancels 15 holidays

| | Apr 26, 2017, at 07:04 pm
Lucknow, Apr 26 (IBNS) : Yogi Adityanath Government has cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversaries of eminent personalities, reports said.

Taking the decision on Tuesday, the state Cabinet said rather than allowing the people to enjoy holidays, students will now be taught about these occasions through various programmes.

Earlier on B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed his concern over the shrinking academic session due to increased holidays.

Mr. Adityanath had in his address on the occasion of B. R. Ambedkar’s 126th birth anniversary here expressed concern over the shrinking academic session due to increased holidays.

“There should be no holidays in schools on birth anniversaries of great personalities. Instead, a special two- hour programme should be held to teach students about them," he had said.

The holidays cancelled include  the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar (April 17), Maharishi Kashyap and Maharshi Nishadraj Jayanti (April 5), Hazrat Ajmeri Garib Nawaj Urs (April 26), Maharana Pratap Jayanti (May 9) and the death anniversary of Ambedkar (December 6), introduced by the previous Samajwadi Party Government.

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