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Bihar's CM disagreed with the spiritual guru's reported observation that government schools are breeding grounds for Naxalism.
Updated : Mar 21, 2012, 10:36 PM IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday disagreed with spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar's reported observation that government schools are breeding grounds for Naxalism.
"It is not true. I don't agree with the perception," he told reporters in reply to a question.
Kumar said that it was his personal view that the students of government schools are very talented.
"I have myself studied in a government school, and the names of distinguished persons who have got their schooling from government institutions are endless," the chief minister said.
Ravishankar had said at a function in Jaipur yesterday that government schools were breeding grounds for naxalism, a comment that had triggered furore in academic and political circles.