Akhilesh keeps promise, gets boy born outside bank admitted in playschool

Kanpur: Keeping a promise, Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has got Khazanchi Nath, a boy born in a bank line during demonetisation in 2016, admitted in a playschool.
After seeing Khazanchi in school uniform, Akhilesh tweeted: “Khazanchi Nath, who was forced to take birth in the line of demonetisation has grown up now. So that his poverty should not hinder his development, we have taken the responsibility of his studies. From the power of education, other forces of personality are born. There is no greater empowerment than educational empowerment.”
Khazanchi got admission in the school on Saturday. His mother Sarvesha Devi said that the SP chief had taken the responsibility of education of her son Khazanchi.
Monday was his first day of school, she said, adding “The SP chief has got him admitted in the Rama International School located in Jhinjhak area of Kanpur Dehat.”
To recall, when Khazanchi was born, Akhilesh had not only aided his mother and siblings through several beneficiary schemes, but also took the responsibility of bearing the expenses of Khazanchi’s studies.
His mother said that Akhilesh ‘bhaiya’ has fulfilled his promise.
Akash Gupta, director of the school, said, “Formalities of the admission were completed on Saturday. He came to the school for the first time on Monday.” He added that it was the first day of Khazanchi, but he got easily mixed with all the children.
‘Khazanchi’, which means ‘treasurer’ in Hindi, was born outside a bank on December 2, 2016 in Jhinjhak area of Kanpur Dehat during demonetisation.
His mother Sarvesha, a resident of Sardarpurwa Jogi Dera (Kanpur Dehat), had gone to withdraw money under the ‘Lohia Awas Scheme’ from a bank in Jhinjhak when she gave birth to him. Thereafter, the family named him ‘Khazanchi Nath’.
Khazanchi’s family belongs to the tribe of snake-charmers and his father had died following a chronic ailment six months before his birth.
Reeling under abject poverty, the illness and untimely death of Sarvesha’s husband left the family in heavy debt.