Muslim Student Slapped: Others React as Rahul Gandhi Says, “School Turned Into Marketplace Of Hatred”

Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, responded to the viral video from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, showing a Muslim child being slapped by his classmates on the teacher’s orders. A “marketplace of hatred” is being created in a sacred space like a school, he said.

Gandhi said on X, formerly known as Twitter, “There is nothing worse a teacher can do for the country than sowing the poison of discrimination in the minds of innocent children, turning a holy place like a school into a market place of hatred.”

“This is the same kerosene spilled by the BJP that has ignited fire in every nook and cranny of India. Children are India’s future; do not despise them; instead, let us all work to instill love in them, he urged.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, general secretary of the Congress, voiced her shock at the viral video, asking “what kind of classroom and society do we want to give to our future generations?” Other opposition figures also responded to the event.

“Where there is discussion of moon-traveling technology or devices that create a wall of hate as a border. The decision is obvious. The greatest threat to development, she said on X. For the sake of our nation, advancement, and future generations, she said, “We must band together and speak out against this hatred.”

Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of the Congress, criticized the BJP for their “divisive thinking” and said that “such incidents tarnish our global image.”

A teacher might instruct her pupils to slap a youngster from a minority group over his religion, according to the Samajwadi Party, because of the “politics of hate” of the BJP and RSS.

In a tweet, SP leader Akhilesh Yadav also requested that the teacher be fired immediately and referred to her as a “blot on teacher society.”

Yadav’s post on X was seen as having a political motive by BJP spokesman Harishchandra Srivastava. “Akhilesh Yadav’s tweet on the Muzaffarnagar school tragedy is petty politics with a despicable political purpose designed to sow discord in society. “We have all experienced being disciplined by teachers for not remembering tables, not fixing math problems, or not having good writing skills in our school years, and this is a natural process of improving discipline and talent in students,” he added.

 

The victim’s father, Irshad, was spoken to by Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary, who told him that justice will be served.

 

Regarding the incident at the Muzaffarnagar school, RJD leader Mrityunjay Tiwari states, “It is appalling that such hateful incidents are taking place in schools.”

“This is a terrible, disgusting event that has to be denounced. Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), said, “We strongly condemn this occurrence and demand swift action against the instructor.

Mahesh Bharet Tapase, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), said the party “strongly condemns this incident and urges the Uttar Pradesh administration to take strict action against that teacher.”

The boy’s family in Khubbapur was visited on Saturday by leaders of various political and non-political organizations, including BKU President Naresh Tikait, Uttar Pradesh Imam Organization President Mufti Zulfikar Ali, UP Jamiat-e-ulema Hind Vice President Maulana Nazer Muhammad, and a Congress fact-finding committee led by district Congress President Subodh Sharma.

How did BJP officials respond?

Varun Gandhi, a member of the Pilibhit BJP, called the event despicable in a post on X.

“The nation as a whole is hanging its head in shame at the sense of hatred against a youngster in the temple of knowledge. A teacher is a gardener who cultivates not only a person’s personality but also a country by introducing information as fertilizer during the early rituals. Therefore, teachers must meet rigorous standards that go beyond shady politics. It is a matter of the nation’s future, he remarked.

How did Muzaffarnagar fare?

A day after a video surfaced of Trapti Tyagi, a teacher at the Neha Public School in Khubbapur village, ordering her pupils to hit the Muslim child in Class 2 while making racial insults, she was arrested.

Following a complaint from the boy’s family, police charged Tyagi with violating IPC sections 323 and 504, both of which are non-cognizable offenses and are subject to bail. Such offenses call for a warrant rather than an instant arrest.

Tyagi has argued in her defense that the video has been altered to inflame resentment. She said that the boy’s uncle took the video. She said that although getting a kid slapped by his classmates was improper on her side, she was compelled to do it due to her disability and was unable to rise up and approach the student who had not completed his task.

Circle Officer Ravi Shankar had said on Friday that, at least initially, it seems that the kid was physically assaulted for failing to turn in his or her schoolwork, and there was nothing wrong about it.

The District Magistrate of Muzaffarnagar was requested by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in a letter to provide pertinent information regarding the school where the event took place.

On X, NCPCR chairman Priyank Kanoongo requested users not to share the footage of the unfortunate kid being hit by his classmates in order to protect his identity.