Summary:
It is hand-in-glove with the private schools to ensure that many children are kept out of RTE. The yatra is aimed at letting eligible parents (mostly poor) know that their kids are entitled to admissions in private schools for free. The Gujarat Congress, the NSUI and youth Congress will carry out a 'rath yatra' of sorts in various parts of the city to create awareness about the Right to Education Act. Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda said that the move was necessitated as the present BJP government was looking to ensure that a minimum number of students get the benefit of the RTE. "It has been the BJP's policy to ensure that the only a few corner the benefits of various schemes..