Are prayers recited in Sanskrit not secular?, asks BJD MP
New Delhi, Feb 5: BJD leader B Mahtab Tuesday wondered whether reciting prayers in Sanskrit is not secular as he sought to raise in the Lok Sabha the issue of a petition in the Supreme Court against Kendriya Vidyalaya students being asked to recite prayers in Sanskrit.
He also asked the government to put forth its view on the matter in the House as well as in the Supreme Court.
A petition has been moved in the apex court against the revised education code for Kendriya Vidyalayas wherein recitation of common prayers in Sanskrit has been made compulsory for students.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Mahtab said that common prayers are from the Upanishads.
Is something recited in Sanskrit not secular and why should someone go to the Supreme Court, he wondered.
BJP member Nishikant Dubey alleged that the West Bengal government was protecting corrupt people and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh for vote bank politics.
Dharmendra Yadav (SP) raised the issue of change in roster system for recruitment of teachers in colleges and universities.
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Human body parts found under train coach in Kerala's Alappuzha
Alappuzha (Kerala) (PTI): A probe has been launched after human body parts were found under a train coach here on Saturday, police said.
According to Alappuzha Railway Police, a human right arm along with a finger of a foot was found on an iron bracket under the auxiliary reservoir tank of the S-5 coach of the Alappuzha–Dhanbad Express.
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The body parts were noticed by cleaning staff when the train was parked at the pit-line yard early in the morning.
The train had reached Alappuzha from Dhanbad on Friday evening and was scheduled to depart again on Saturday morning.
Railway police have registered a case of unnatural death and begun an investigation.
Police said an inquest will be conducted and a detailed probe is underway into the incident.
They will also seek details from police in other states to ascertain whether any deaths were reported along the route on which the train had been operating in recent days.
