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MADHYA
PRADESH’S PRAYER ORDER TO BE CHALLENGED |
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9 September 2009 :
A group of socio-cultural organisations in
Madhya Pradesh Saturday said they would file a petition
in the high court demanding that the compulsory
recitation of ‘bhojan mantra’ prayers before the mid-day
meal in schools be immediately stopped.
The decision came after the groups failed to get an
appointment from state Education Minister Archana
Chitnis to discuss the issue.
Two years after introducing the surya namaskar or prayer
to the Sun god in schools, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
government last month directed that students in
state-run schools have to recite a ‘bhojan mantra’
before their mid-day meals.
‘The schoolchildren in the state will have to recite the
‘bhojan mantra’ before their mid-day meals. This will
come into force from Sep 5 - Teachers Day this year,’ a
notice from Chitnis said.
However, this sparked off controversy as many Muslim and
Christian organizations had described it as being
against the religious freedom of the minorities.
‘Since the state education minister seems to be avoiding
a meeting, we would file a petition in the high sourt
very soon,’ the representative of one of the
organisation told IANS, but declined to divulge all the
issues to be included in the petition or when it would
be filed.
On Friday, representatives from various socio-cultural
organisations submitted a memorandum to Governor
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