Former MP for action against religious diktat in Jamtara schools

Jamshedpur, July 13: Congress Working Committee invitee and former Jamshedpur MP Ajoy Kumar has written to the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on Wednesday, expressing concern over the unconstitutional weekly holiday on Friday in many schools of Jamtara district and requested to take stop such acts and take strict action against such anti-social forces.

“Our country is a secular country and hence all schools should follow secularism. It is heard that initially, only 2-3 schools started changing this rule. Some Muslim youths here had made pressure to change the rules. Then later this arbitrariness increased to more than 50 schools. These youths put pressure on the school management that there is more than 70 percent Muslim population in the area and there are more Muslim children in the schools, so there will be studies on Sunday and Friday will be a holiday. We cannot have religious rights over and above the right to education,” the letter adds