New Delhi (UNI): Amid the controversy over wearing of Hijab (headscarf), Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that the BJP Government of Karnataka and its vested interests are creating unwarranted issues just to break the unity and spirit of Karnataka’s students and youth.
“If the students and our children succumb to their nefarious design, your future will be jeopardised at the altar of their politics and also, the freedom and equality that the Constitution gave us would be meaningless” he said in a letter written to the students.
Surjewala said that “the Karnataka has also emerged as the financial and services hub creating avenues of job and career progression for the young in Karnataka. He added that Multi-lingual, Multi-Ethnic, Multi-cultural identity of Bangalore and Karnataka has become a guiding principle of our growth.”
Student community has faced a serious setback in academics and acquiring gainful knowledge for last two years due to COVID as also BJP Govt’s sheer incompetence to meet the challenge. “There are many exams coming up, PUC exams being the most important.
When our students are busy in preparation for the exams, these lumpen elements want Karnataka’s future i.e student community, to fight with each other on symbols and with stones and knives” he said.
Recalling the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar over education is the most powerful weapon, he said they want to end the academic life of the students even before it begins. He also asked the students to reject this agenda of hate and continue being friends, holding hands and walking together for a better future.
“I call upon the Parents as also our students and children to not let the self-serving rhetoric of the 1 percent of the fanatics on either side to sacrifice your future” he said
“They are not interested in your education, your academic excellence, your bright future but only in propping up their failed political interests. Let us all take a step towards educational excellence & progress of the State and Country while upholding the unity in diversity” he wrote.
