We will close down schools, colleges if need be: Karnataka Education Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Higher Education BC Nagesh on Monday stated that the state government will once again close down schools and colleges if there is a further increase in the number of COVID cases in the state and it poses threat to students.
The state is seeing a rise in the number of cases and including the new Omicron variant of the virus.
Speaking to the media reporters on Monday at the Vidhan Soudha in the state capital, the minister noted that the virus was not found in any government schools. “Cases were detected in some residential schools and appropriate action was taken at the earliest in that regard. Students were safe and were provided necessary treatment. I will be taking this matter up with the officials. Will direct them to implement all the measures of COVID guideline strictly.”
“Some of the students, teachers, and staffs of schools and colleges in the state have tested positive for the virus and this has triggered panic among the parents. We will not risk the lives of the students and any measure needed to ensure the safety of students will be undertaken. If need be, we will close down schools and colleges again and we will postpone exams in such circumstances,” he added
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People taught lesson to those who were talking about changing Constitution: Pawar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra) (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the country taught a lesson to those who were talking about changing the Constitution.
He was speaking at the unveiling of the Urdu translation of English book "Padmavibhushan Sharad Pawar - The great Enigma" by Sheshrao Chavan here.
The political situation in the country should change, Pawar said, adding, "We should think where we are heading. We have to see that the country does not fall in the wrong hands."
Four months ago (during the Lok Sabha election campaign), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party colleagues made statements that were not in national interest, the NCP (SP) chief said, referring to BJP leader Ananthkumar Hegde's controversial remark that they needed 400-plus seats to amend the Constitution.
"It is a good thing that the people taught a lesson to those who talked about changing the Constitution," Pawar said.
He also hit back at Union minister Amit Shah who recently called him "ringleader of corrupt people".
"A week ago, Amit Shah said that Sharad Pawar is the ringleader of all the corrupt people in the country. Earlier, when he was in Gujarat, he used the law in the wrong manner. For that the Supreme Court externed him from Gujarat. The one who was externed by the Supreme Court is holding charge of the Union Home Ministry now," Pawar said.
Shah was discharged in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case in 2014.
