UP: Yogi Adityanath cancels school holidays on birth and death anniversaries of social leaders

The chief minister said special programmes should be organised instead so students can learn about their work.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced that schools will no longer be closed on the birth and



death anniversaries of social leaders. "To ensure that children take inspiration from the great leaders, special programmes should be held on the occasion [instead]," Adityanath said at an event organised to mark the 126th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar.