Medininagar (Jharkhand): Apprehending that some people may show black flag to the prime minister, the Palamu district administration has banned entry of all black materials including black dresses to the venue of Narendra Modi’s public meeting here Saturday.
Anybody coming to the meeting with any black material will not be allowed to enter the public meeting venue, Palamu Superintendent of Police Inderjit Mahata said Tuesday.
The ban order comes in the wake of the para-teachers’ ongoing agitation across Jharkhand for over three months in support of their demands including regularisation of service. The ban is applied to both officials and the audience, Mahata said. Official sources said there was apprehension that the para-teachers might try to show black flags to the Prime Minister.
Palamu district administration has requested its counterparts in neighbouring Chatra, Latehar and Garhwa to take measures in stopping people coming to the Prime Minister’s programme carrying black materials, the sources said.
Students told to answer roll call with ‘Jai Bharat’
Ahmedabad: The BJP government in Gujarat has asked schools to ensure that students respond with ‘Jai Hind’ or ‘Jai Bharat’ during roll call instead of customary ‘Yes Sir’, which it feels will instill “a feeling of patriotism”. The move has drawn flak from opposition parties which said the government should rather work towards improving the “deteriorating quality of education”. As per notifications issued Monday (December 31) by the Directorate of Primary Education and Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), students of class 1-12 of the government, grant-in-aid and self-financed schools will have to respond to attendance call with ‘Jai Hind’ or ‘Jai Bharat’, starting January 1. The objective of the new practice is to “foster patriotism among students right from childhood”, the notifications stated. Defending the move, Gujarat education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said Tuesday that the government should be open to accepting “good suggestions”. “‘Jai Bharat’ and ‘Jai Hind’ are much better than ‘Yes Sir’. Saying ‘Jai Hind’ or ‘Jai Bharat’ creates a feeling of patriotism, which is why I have decided to make the change,” he told reporters. The minister said schools affiliated to the CBSE and other boards have also been asked to follow the new guidelines.