J&K parties, religious bodies hit out at govt for ‘Surya Namaskar’ order

Political and non secular our bodies throughout the Kashmir Valley hit out on the J&Ok administration for its order directing faculty heads to organise ‘Surya Namaskar’ occasion on the eve of Makar Sankranti competition and make sure the participation of scholars and workers members.

The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema, an amalgam of social and non secular organisations in J&Ok, stated: “Muslims of J&Ok are respectful of all religions and consider in harmonious coexistence… It (orders) narrates the sorry state of affairs prevailing in India the place observe of 1 faith will get promoted and imposed within the identify of peace, whereas the opposite (Friday prayer in Jama Masjid) will get banned and barred within the identify of menace,” learn the assertion issued on Friday.

Former J&Ok CM Mehbooba Mufti stated that such orders had been ‘Authorities of India’s public relation misadventures aimed to demean and collectively humiliate Kashmiris’. “(Such) orders…give an perception into their communal mindset,” she stated.

NC’s Omar Abdullah stated Muslim college students shouldn’t be compelled to do something together with Yoga to have a good time Makar Sankranti and whether or not to have a good time it or not ought to be a private selection. “Would the BJP be completely happy if an identical order was issued to order non-Muslim college students to have a good time Eid?” Folks’s Convention chief Sajad Lone stated: “With these Surya Namaskars, you (authorities) are emulating the radicals.”

After the uproar, J&Ok LG advisor Farooq Khan later within the day stated Surya Namaskar wasn’t necessary for any authorities worker.

“If staff do not do Surya Namaskar, she or he is just not doing a criminal offense and will not be terminated,” he added.