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Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has landed in a row over its support to teaching of Hindu holy book 'Bhagvad Gita' in schools.
The controversy took a new turn after Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishwanath Hegde Kageri said on July 14 that those opposing the Gita teaching should quit India.
Kageri said teaching the holy book was necessary to inculcate moral values in students. He made the comment at a function in Kolar, 65 km from Bengaluru.
On July 8, he had announced in Bengaluru that the government was 'open to making Bhagvad Gita teaching compulsory in schools'.
But Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya said the programme should not be seen as religious teaching.
"There is no connection between Bhagavad Gita and religion. Gita has more to do with human values," Acharya asserted.
Not everyone is convinced.
Many see it as an attempt to 'communalise' education, and are opposing it on the ground that it was unconstitutional for the government to back such a programme.
01) We are a secular Society and should not indulge in religious teachings in schools, for which there are other places including homes, places of worship, et al!
02) As our constitution doesn't allow any such activity in schools and colleges, the BJP government initiative of trying to teach 'Gita' (of which, I am an ardent follower) could be struck off in an appropriate law and they too know it.
03) This initiative of Karnataka government is nothing but a publicity gimmick and an attempt to incite communal riots, there!
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