How Akhilesh impressed Clinton: Get convent boy to sit in primary school

Lucknow: To “impress” Bill Clinton during his visit here, a convent school student was reportedly made to sit in a primary school, allegedly by the authorities, following which the Uttar Pradesh government took cognizance of the matter. According to the report published in a Hindi daily, a class eight student of a convent school was included in a group of students, who had to meet Clinton during his visit at a primary school in Jabrauli village on 17 July. [caption id=“attachment_1538789” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Former US President Bill Clinton. AFP[/caption] The student was given admission in the school without transfer certificate and marksheet in a haste and was also provided uniform to “impress” Clinton, the report alleged. According to the report, Principal of the convent school said that on 17 July the father of the student had applied for special leave. When asked about the matter, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said, “We take all your reports seriously. Whatever is there in the media is being taken seriously by us”. Clinton visited the state capital on 18 July during which he interacted with students in a school in Jabrauli village. Jaipur and Lucknow were on his itinerary as part of a visit to the Asia/Pacific during which the former US president is also scheduled to travel to Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia to take stock of the work of the Clinton Foundation and deliver remarks at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia. PTI