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Telangana officer faces backlash over remarks on ‘college students cleansing bathrooms’, BRS calls for removing
In her defence, Alagu Varsini mentioned asking college students “to be responsible for their surroundings is about nurturing future-ready citizens, not exploiting them.”(X/@Alagu19066600)
The fee on May 31 issued notices to the Telangana Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, searching for a report inside 15 days regarding the alleged derogatory remarks made by the IAS officer towards SC college students within the establishments.
However, TGSWREIS Secretary V S Alagu Varsini clarified that “this is about life skills, not labour.”
A purported audio clip of the officer “instructing” principals at a latest assessment assembly to contain college students in cleansing bathrooms, hostel rooms, in addition to cooking meals has gone viral, drawing sharp criticism from the BRS.
BRS MLC Okay Kavitha has mentioned that every social welfare college had acquired ₹40,000 monthly throughout her get together’s regime for hiring 4 momentary staff for cleansing duties.
“This has been stopped by the Congress government starting May this year,” she mentioned.
In a latest publish on ‘X’, Kavitha mentioned, “The government has also done away with having assistant caretakers in the 240 schools, forcing the students to take up the role of wardens and manage kitchens. Now the officer is Forcing children to clean toilets in schools !!”
The BRS chief referred to as the behaviour “discriminatory, exploitative” and mentioned it “violates basic principles of child rights and dignity”.
“It only Reflects Revanth Reddy government’s anti poor, anti Dalit attitude !! I demand the government to immediately take steps to remove the officer and start giving the required funds to run the social welfare schools properly,” Kavitha mentioned.
The IAS officer, nonetheless, refuted the allegations and mentioned they had been simply an exercise to “tarnish” the federal government.
She emphasised that every one the sanitation workers stay employed.
“Leaders like Gandhi and Ambedkar emphasised private hygiene and dignity of labor. Our college students name me ‘Amma.’ I deal with them as my very own youngsters. Asking them to be accountable for their environment is about nurturing future-ready residents, not exploiting them,” Varsini mentioned.
The official additionally denounced the selective enhancing of her two-hour speech into “misleading” four-minute audio clips now circulating on social media.
In her clarification, the official expressed ache at being diminished to a caste tag in political narratives.
“I come from a BC farming family. I have climbed each step through sheer perseverance. It’s heartbreaking when caste becomes a tool to diminish merit,” she mentioned.
She added that whereas majority of the residential college students are from the scheduled castes, BCs, STs, and minority college students are equally a part of the system. “I treat them all with the same care. Don’t colour our children with your political brush,” a launch quoted her as saying.
