Of late various controversies over hijab row now comes the Bible controversy. Making non-Christian students read Bible compulsorily in Clarence High School has created a controversy with Hindu organizations demanding cancellation of its license.
The chief of Rashtriya Hindu Sena Pramod Muthalik asked the school management on Monday to keep Bible at their homes and churches.
“Why is Bible being preached to Hindu students who comprise 90 per cent of the total student population in the school?” he questioned. The school must be seized and students transferred to other schools, he demanded.
The Hindu Jana Jagruthi Samiti stated that the students are made to read the Bible everyday compulsorily. All the students have been given a Bible which is in the form of a booklet, they are told to carry it every day. If anyone objects, they are threatened with cancellation of admissions.
According to the Samiti the school has violated and misused Article 25 of the constitution. The Samiti would also approach Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of Primary Education and Sakalpa of Karnataka on this matter and demand cancellation of license.
Reacting to this the Education Minister of Karnataka clarified that there is no provision for making the Bible reading compulsory in schools, if it is found to be true, action will be initiated against the school, he said.