A round issued by the schooling division in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam has stoked an issue as college students have been advised to pay Rs 20 in the direction of the federal government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ marketing campaign. The round was issued by Chadoora zonal schooling officer (ZEO) to all faculties within the space on July 16, directing the heads of those establishments to gather the cash from each pupil and workers member for the marketing campaign launched as a part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
“As per the instructions from the Chief Training Officer Budgam, all of the HOIs (heads of establishments) of this zone are requested to gather Rs 20 per head from the scholars and the workers members of the varsity to deposit the identical in ZEO workplace inside 4 days,” the round learn. “In case of multiple pupil belonging to similar household, fees from solely pupil be collected as per directions,” it stated.
Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) chief and former MLA from Chrar-e-Sharief Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura posted a duplicate of the round on social media and questioned the administration for making the contribution “obligatory”. “Unhappy to see such orders being issued which contradict Div Com’s (Divisional Commissioner’s) assertion that ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ is completely a voluntary motion and there’s no compulsion & insistence in it. Admin should understand that nationalism comes naturally & can’t be imposed by the barrel of a gun,” Hanjura tweeted.
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Budgam deputy chief schooling officer Inderjeet Singh, nevertheless, stated the round was issued erroneously and the contribution is voluntary. He stated the zonal schooling officer involved has already issued a corrigendum to the round. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had on Sunday posted a video on Twitter wherein workers of an city physique in Anantnag have been purportedly making bulletins on a public tackle system asking the shopkeepers to contribute Rs 20 every for the flag in an effort to “keep away from bother”.
“We enchantment to the shopkeepers to deposit Rs 20 with the municipal physique, which points the commerce license to you, by 12.00 midday on Monday. That is below the order of district administration Anantnag for the Har Ghar Tiranga motion launched by the federal government. Those that don’t deposit these Rs 20 may face motion for it So, to save lots of the difficulty, we enchantment to you to deposit the quantity,” the shopkeepers have been allegedly advised. “The way wherein J&Ok admin is forcing college students, shopkeepers & workers to pay for nationwide flag to hoist it’s as if Kashmir is an enemy territory that must be captured. Patriotism comes naturally & can’t be imposed,” Mehbooba had tweeted with the video.
Hanjura additionally questioned the administration’s choice to close down two faculties in Lal Chowk on Monday to facilitate Vijay Diwas Tiranga Yatra taken out by the BJP. “Roads resulting in Ghanta Ghar, Lal Chowk have been blocked, outlets shut & a college (Tyndale Biscoe & Mallinson) within the neighborhood too has been shut on a Monday simply so {that a} political occasion can showcase their nationalism. The claims of ‘change’ & ‘normalcy’ publish 2019 stand uncovered,” he tweeted.
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