The education department swung into action and suspended a principal after a video from a school went viral. The video shows a few school students singing religious prayers. Amid severe criticism, the principal of the concerned school has been suspended as per the media reports.
School students singing religious prayers raised many eyeballs and caught everyone’s attention. This happened in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly. The viral video shows students singing “mere Allah burai se bachaana mujhko”. The lines are from the poem written by Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal.
As this happened in Uttar Pradesh ruled by the BJP, it caught everyone’s attention. The principal and a contract teacher were reportedly suspended and a special committee has been set up to probe the matter and know the exact reason behind the controversy.
The schools in India start with prayers. But the prayers are kept out of religion and Jana Gana Mana and Vande Mataram are sung usually. But the morning sessions in the school seeing students singing religious lines started a big controversy and became a big issue.
Many objections were raised after the video went viral. The question of why the Principal and other teachers did not stop the students from singing the lines was raised and this made the education department swing into action and suspended the principal and a teacher.