Tamil Nadu BJP asks Stalin govt to reject Justice K Chandru report recommending ban on wearing of caste symbols by students.
The BJP's Tamil Nadu unit on Thursday urged the DMK government to reject the report submitted by the one-man committee headed by retired Madras High Court judge Justice K. Chandru which has recommended that school students be banned from wearing wristbands or forehead marks that may indicate their caste.
Talking to media after the core committee meeting, BJP Leader H Raja said "The one-man committee headed by Justice Chandru was submitted to Chief Minister yesterday. The recommendations of the report target one particular religion. The state government should reject the report. People who spoke in favour of wearing hijab, are now recommending that Hindu women should not wear a mark on their forehead or religious bands on their hands. We believe that this is an evangelistic report."
Justice Chandru’s committee was constituted after an incident at Tirunelveli in August 2023, where two school children belonging to the scheduled castes were assaulted by a group of students from an intermediate caste.
( Source : PTI )
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