The administration of a authorities college within the district’s Mulbagal city is below the ire of oldsters, alumni and Hindu organizations for allegedly permitting Muslim college students to supply Friday prayers on the college premises.
To set a “new precedent” of permitting Friday prayers, Hindu organizations led by dad and mom of different college students and alumni of the college staged a protest contained in the Balachangappa Government Karnataka Model Secondary School in Someshwarapalya.
According to a video that has gone viral on social media, Muslim college students, a few of them sporting caps, provided Friday prayers inside a classroom within the afternoon.
One of the alumni who protested on Saturday sought the intervention of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Kolar MP S Muniswamy and schooling division officers.
He mentioned the college by no means had a historical past of permitting Friday prayers and would set a unsuitable precedent, interesting to the schooling division officers to not permit such occasions to occur once more.
Another mother or father alleged that it was working each week with the consent of the college administration.
A faculty instructor denied the allegation that such prayers have been being held each week. He instructed reporters that it occurred solely final Friday when he and different lecturers have been away from college throughout lunch.
He mentioned that he received a name from the Block Education Officer as to why Friday prayers have been allowed inside the college premises. When she reached the college she noticed Muslim boys providing Namaz.
As pressure prevailed as a result of protests on Saturday, police reached the spot and pacified offended dad and mom, former college students and a few Hindu activists. However, no grievance has been lodged with the police, police sources mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
