BJP to take out 'rath yatra' in Tripura ahead of assembly polls
Agartala, Dec 26: The ruling BJP in Tripura will organise a 'rath yatra' across the state from the first of January, as the saffron party gears up for the assembly polls due early next year, a party leader said on Monday.
A three-member committee headed by Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury has been constituted to oversee preparations for the yatra, he said.
Election to the 60-member Tripura Assembly is due to be held in February.
"One yatra will set out from North Tripura district while another from South Tripura district," BJP media in-charge Sunit Sarkar said.
The party's chief spokesperson, Subarta Chakraborty, said the objective of the yatra is to seek the blessings of people in the run-up to the polls.
"We do believe that people will join the rath yatra' to show solidarity towards the party that has addressed their basic needs," he said.
For the first time, a political party will organise such a yatra in the northeastern state ahead of an election, party sources claimed.
During the 2018 assembly polls, the BJP had conducted several road shows, with a number of Union ministers leading those.
Meanwhile, the saffron party's mega outreach programme - Prati Ghare Shushan' - concluded on Sunday.
BJP national general secretary B L Sontosh, who is in the poll-bound state, held the party's election management committee meeting on Sunday evening to review its preparedness for the assembly election.
Senior party leaders attended the meeting, the sources added.
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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.
