West Bengal: Students at Hooghly school asked questions about 'Jai Shri Ram' and cut-money rows
A school in West Bengal’s Hooghly district has stirred up controversy by asking Class 10 students appearing for a Bengali test questions about chanting “Jai Shri Ram
The two matters have dominated headlines in the state since May. While a number of people across the country, mostly Muslims, have been beaten by mobs and coerced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, several Trinamool Congress leaders have been accused of taking “cut money”, or bribes, from people for government schemes. The BJP, which is in the ascendant in the state, made “Jai Shri Ram” a rallying cry against the Mamata Banerjee government, accusing it of cracking down on its supporters for raising the slogan.
Students at Akna Union High School, 55 km from Kolkata, were on Thursday asked to write a journalistic report on the “harmful effects on the society of chanting Jai Shri Ram” or the “bold step of the government to stop corruption by returning cut money”. In June, Mamata Banerjee had warned party leaders that anyone caught taking a bribe would be arrested. She had also asked the leaders to return any “cut money” they had taken from the people of their area.
“The exam started at 2 pm and it was scheduled to be...
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