Teacher suspended for disrespecting Ambedkar on Independence Day celebration
Vijayapura: S S Mokashi, a teacher at K.B.S. School of Madnal village in Sindgi taluk has been suspended on charges of disrespecting Dr. B R Ambedkar.
The order of suspension was issued by Deputy Director of Public Instruction Department over a viral video in which the teacher is seen arguing with villagers over placing of portrait of Ambedkar during the 74th Independence Day program held at K.B.S. school this Saturday.
In the video, the teacher is heard saying, Ambedkar did not participate in the freedom movement of India, therefore there is no need for placing a portrait of him during an independence day event.
"We should not give false information to our children. Since Ambedkar was not a freedom fighter so I will not place his portrait", teacher replied when the villager wanted to know why the school has not placed a photo of Ambedkar.
It appeared that other teachers were also supporting Mokashi in his act.
When the video went viral, the Education Department acted swiftly by issuing an order of suspension. The order stated that the teacher has erred and disrespected a great personality such as Ambedkar, which amounts to dereliction of duty. On these charges, he is been suspended from the service, the order said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
