Targeting Sanatan: Christ School Degwar comes under the scanner over its draconian directions, raising eyebrows on the intentions of its management, Huge protests rock Poonch; Will the education minister, Sakina Ittoo, act?

Targeting Sanatan: Christ School Degwar comes under the scanner over its draconian directions, raising eyebrows on the intentions of its management, Huge protests rock Poonch; Will the education minister, Sakina Ittoo, act?

SALIL RAINA

(POONCH TODAY NEWS)

POONCH: It’s a well-established fact that targeting Sanatan across the country has become a fashion of anti-nationals and various missionary bodies in the name of freedom of expression and questionable secularism. Day in and day out, hundreds of examples come from different parts of the country in which Sanatan is being targeted by all the available means by the anti-nationals and missionary forces, but it’s the impact of the centuries-old philosophy of Sanatan that never allowed any Sanatani to adopt unlawful activities to show their anger.

Rather, Sanatanis are always seen showing their concerns in a peaceful manner within the ambit of the constitution despite being the 80% majority community of the country because they believe in the constitution before their religion. The missionary forces cannot be trusted going by their past track record, and the latest conspiracy of such forces is the horrifying state of affairs in several states, especially in Punjab state, where huge conversion has taken place silently, which has given a huge dent to the identity and culture of real Punjab.  This is among the various other reasons that the union government is keen to amend the FCRA bill to give a big jerk to the funding of anti-national forces, including the missionaries whose only mission is to destabilise the nation. Meanwhile, the hate for Sanatan unfortunately has reached the Poonch district due to a highly condemnable act of Christ School, Poonch, targeting Sanatanis, which has ignited the situation in Poonch City. Countering the unfortunate situation, the S.D. Sabha, VHP, and various nationalist youth bodies have lodged a strong protest against the Christ School Degwar over its anti-Sanatan act and have demanded an FIR against its principal. The S.D. Sabha members alleged that it has been proved that the missionaries are working against the Sanatan, and the recent act of Christ School, Degwar, is one such example. It is important to mention here that the Christ School, Poonch, has played a big part in imparting education to the students of Poonch over the years and has produced brilliant pupils who have carved a niche for themselves in different areas of life. The school remained among the top educational institutions of the Poonch and won various laurels for its educational and co-curricular activities. Successive principals of the institutions and staff also earned huge respect for themselves and for the institution itself. But the latest draconian direction mentioned in the diary of the institution, targeting Sanatan, has raised serious eyebrows at the questionable intentions of its current management. The question arises: if uniform is the only issue and not religious identity, then why do the principal and sisters wear their religious dress and other religious identities in front of students? Is this not a double standard? Although a proper uniform and strict discipline are a must for any educational institution in which students belonging to different faiths learn and shine accordingly after completing their education. The uniform clearly gives an impression of unity among all and is considered a disciplined act. But only giving direction to one faith in bold letters that “Wearing mehndi, bindi, tika, or tilak on the forehead is not permitted on the school premises for both boys and girls” raised a big question mark on the hidden intentions of the management of Christ School Degwar. What is the fun of highlighting this one underlined sentence in bold letters, as the subject mostly belongs to Sanatan only? Why did the management fail to mention other acts of commonly seen uniform indiscipline in the directions? It’s a matter of deep investigation for the intelligence agencies to detect the hidden plan of this principal. It is pertinent to mention here that in various private and government educational institutions of the Poonch district, open violation of uniform protocol is commonly seen as personal preference is being given importance over a uniform identity, but not a single voice has emerged against this discrimination for years among different sections of the students. In other schools of the district as well, open violation of uniform protocol is seen commonly. But the recent act of Christ School, Degwar, with its draconian direction targeting Sanatan, has started a huge debate over the intentions of its current management. Christ School Poonch is considered an elite and reputed educational institution of the district, but has the recent act of its management demolished the reputation of this elite institution with such draconian acts? Such illogical acts targeting any faith on the part of the management were never seen from other private elite educational institutions of Poonch, like Nanak Academy, Sian School, Nagbani, and a few others. There are a number of private educational institutions in Poonch City also being run by big names where open violation of uniform protocol is seen, but the concerned education department never acted against them. The Education Minister of the J&K UT, Sakina Ittoo, always says that the government has strengthened the education scenario in the J&K UT, focusing on the overall developments of the students, but such acts of illogical mindset on the part of Christ School Degwar, targeting the psyche of students of a particular faith in bold and underlined sentences, show that the intentions of its current management seem to be questionable, for which a high-level inquiry is needed from the top brass of the Education Department. Will the education minister Sakina Ittoo act against the management of Christ School Degwar? If the reputed educational institutions like Christ School start behaving in an irresponsible and questionable manner with students and staff through draconian orders, then the future of the students is not safe in the hands of the management of such an institution. It’s time for the education minister of J&K UT, Sakina Ittoo, and Deputy Commissioner Poonch to order a high-level inquiry into the matter. Moreover, the deputy commissioner also needs to form a high-level committee to see all the government and private educational institutions where open violation of uniform protocol is going on, as a common identity is a must for all students rather than different identities, to prepare bright students for the future who will play a big role for the nation in their different capacities. If the students start facing discrimination from the poor management of such an institution due to their visionless and questionable intentions, then the educational scenario of the district definitely needs an overhauling. The S.D. Sabha and its sister organisations have strongly condemned this act of Christ School Degwar and demanded a strong punishment for its principal. In a more shocking state of affairs, the Poonch police, without conducting any investigation, have accepted the written statement of the principal, which completely shows an act of partial approach. In the past one and half years, several incidents of internal security issues had taken place in different places of the district where very sensitive anti-national slogans were raised by the forces inimical to peace, but the Poonch police were seen adopting favorable yardsticks for them and a questionable approach against the nationalist forces. Even the police officials were also seen taking strict action on some minor social media posts in the phone calls of some powerful forces that always worked against the national interest, but on the major security-related issues, the intentions of Ponch police always remained under a big question mark as far as coming up to the expectations of the national interest forces.  So, this double standard of Poonch police also lowered the morale of the nationalist forces during the last one and a half years. Meanwhile, the Christ School of Degwar has also issued an apology statement, but the contents of the statement have indirectly justified the act. But after issuing the statement, the principal again went to the school and started distributing the same controversial diaries against it, and it shows that he is a part of a big conspiracy in the district to disturb the peace, for which a high-level inquiry is needed. Up to the time of filing this report, the youth of Poonch were seen lodging huge protests demanding an FIR against the principal. “It’s the duty of the union government to bring in legislation for protecting the respect, culture, and identity of Sanatan across the country, as some anti-nationals and missionaries have taken everything for granted who are earning their bread and butter from foreign funding and are working overtime against the nation. Our patience has a limit,” says a visibly upset young Sanatani while talking to “POONCH TODAY” on the issue of Christ School Degwar.