Spare us of the injustice: Student activist Almas urges Karnataka Education Minister on Hijab row
Karnataka govt had barred students from wearing Hijab during PU examination
Udupi: Reacting to the Karnataka government's move to not allow student to wear any religious attire including the Hijab during the PUC examination, one of the student activists who had filed petition in Karnataka HC against Hijab ban said all the preparations of the students will go in vain if the government goes ahead with the move.
In a tweet from her handle, Almas tagged Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh and urged him to spare the students of the injustice.
"Hijab not allowed during II PUC exams, says @BCNagesh_bjp . Being Edu Minister, is it just for you to deny education for piece of cloth? I had been preparing for my exams since long, all that would go in vain. Don't do this injustice to us sir. Allow us!" She wrote in the tweet.
“In places where uniform is prescribed, the students must mandatorily wear the uniform, and where uniform is not mandated, no student will be allowed to don any religious attire. The teachers coming to the examination centre do not have any uniforms mandated”, Nagesh had earlier said while clarifying students will not be allowed to wear Hijab during the board examination.
“The examination will be conducted from April 22 to May 18 in a simple manner similar to how the SSLC examination was conducted. A total of 6, 84, 255 students have registered for the exams. There are 3, 46, 936 young boys and 3, 37, 319 young girls among them”, he had informed.
Hijab not allowed during II PUC exams, says @BCNagesh_bjp. Being Edu Minister, is it just for you to deny education for piece of cloth? I had been preparing for my exams since long, all that would go in vain. Don't do this injustice to us sir. Allow us!https://t.co/Qo7OkVMz9I
— Almas (@Ah_Almas12) April 19, 2022
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
