Setback for Eknath Shinde: BJP to face Maharashtra assembly elections under collective leadership
Mumbai: The ruling alliance, which came second in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, is reportedly planning to contest the upcoming assembly polls under a collective leadership. NDTV reports that the assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra in September or October. In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance won 17 seats, while the opposition India Alliance won 30 seats.
The BJP is keen to field more than 160 candidates for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly elections. Instead of projecting any individual as the chief ministerial candidate in this election, the alliance has decided to go to the election under collective leadership. This decision is defined as a huge setback for the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Shiv Sena chief, Eknath Shinde.
The BJP is the largest party in the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, while the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP are the remaining alliance parties.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
