Ludhiana, August 24: HUSSAIN, the small screen's star, is coming to the city on August 28 for a show titled Khul Ja Sim Sim at Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines. But unlike his popular show on Star Plus, here everybody does not seem to be going ga ga over being among the audience for the show. In fact, a number of city residents whose children study in the school have opposed the move of the school authorities to make students buy tickets for the show. These parents complained to Newsline that the school has told the students that if they want to attend the show, they have to buy a ticket worth Rs 200. ''And if a parent wants to come with the child too, the ticket for one parent will cost Rs 250,'' says a parent who does not want to be identified. ''But the problem is that children are forcing their parents to buy these tickets. At Rs 500 for a couple and Rs 200 for a child, it is too expensive for a middle class family,'' complained a parent.
However, KVM Principal S C Saxena asserts that students have not been forced to buy the tickets. ''It is entirely a voluntary decision,'' he points out. Principal Saxena adds that the programme, which is free for students of Nursery class, has been organised by Literacy India, a Delhi-based NGO which imparts free education to poor chilldren. ''The collection made through the tickets will be given to the NGO. The school will not keep any part of it. Our sole purpose for providing the school ground to this NGO for holding the show is to entertain our students. And this is strictly for the students of our school only, for their parents and some dignitaries.'' Saxena highlighted that KVM has about 5,000 students on its rolls. ''We hope that about 700-800 students will buy the tickets voluntarily and enjoy the three-hour show.'' </>
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