Determination to provide Greatest Instructor award to Ramakrishna BG is on maintain now
Bengaluru:
The Karnataka authorities has withheld its resolution to provide the very best trainer award to a principal of a authorities school over his alleged anti-hijab stand throughout the scarf row within the state two years in the past, sources within the Schooling Division stated on Thursday.
Ramakrishna BG, principal of Authorities Pre-College Faculty at Kundapura in Udupi district, was imagined to obtain the honour on Lecturers’ Day, however the resolution was stored on maintain after the Congress authorities drew criticism from some activists of the Muslim group, the sources stated.
“The rationale behind the anger towards the trainer is his alleged stand throughout the hijab row,” a division official stated. “The federal government had earlier introduced his identify however now it has been withheld,” a supply stated.
Ramakrishna was not accessible for remark.
Karnataka Major and Secondary Schooling Minister Madhu Bangarappa clarified that the award is just withheld and never cancelled.
“There was a authorities order concerning the problems these days it had occurred. At the moment the behaviour of the trainer was in query. That’s the info I obtained after saying the award. So I’ve instructed the division to verify that and get again to me. So, until that it’s only withheld. It has not been cancelled,” the minister instructed PTI.
On whether or not the choice was taken primarily based on the allegations, he stated folks will say allegation and controversy, however his division doesn’t have a look at it that manner.
“… But it surely’s my obligation to verify that and take the subsequent step,” Bangarappa stated.
Explaining additional, the minister stated, “If he was mistaken I might have instantly cancelled. If he’s proper then I might have already given. When one thing is in query it’s my obligation to verify that, which I’m going to do. That’s what I’ve instructed my officers to do.” He requested folks to not politicise this situation.
BJP MLA from Mangalore Metropolis North constituency Y Bharath Shetty slammed the federal government, saying that it insulted a trainer by succumbing to the “stress created by jihadi parts”.
“The Congress authorities in Karnataka has completed a really shameful factor by withdrawing the very best state stage trainer award to Ramakrishna BG. The state authorities had introduced the award after following the guidelines and located him eligible for the award,” Shetty stated.
“The principle cause behind withdrawing the award is that the jihadi parts, organisations like SDPI and PFI tweeted that this trainer shouldn’t be given this award as a result of throughout the hijab situation he had stopped the scholars sporting hijab from coming into the faculty,” he stated.
The MLA stated Ramakrishna had solely adopted the then official order, being a authorities worker. “It is extremely insulting for the educating group that you simply announce an award, and then you definitely take it again as a result of some jihadi parts are forcing you to take action.”
