Mumbai : In a controversial proposal passed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday yoga and Surya Namaskar has been declared mandatory in all civic schools run by BMC, this include 400 Urdu school too.
The proposal was forwarded by BJP corporator Samita Kamble. While the Opposition parties demanded that yoga and Surya Namaskar be made optional, the proposal was passed with ruling Shiv Sena corporators voting for it.
The decision will affect over 5.4 lakh students who study in nearly 1,230 municipal schools in the city.
BMC runs 1,188 primary and 49 secondary schools in Mumbai. This includes nearly 400 Urdu-medium schools.
BJP corporators, however, argued that surya namaskar is yoga and does not have any religious colour. Dilip Patel, a BJP corporator said, “It has been internationally accepted that yoga is the best form of exercise. Bringing in religion is a political tactic by SP.”
if its the best exercise, then it should be first made mandatory for mla’s mp’s who are all obese, pot bellied, many with medical issues.
also if best is made mandatory to do, then why not worst be banned like alcohol and smoking. even namaz is like yoga, will that be made mandatory too.
Namaz is the exercise of Soul, minds & body. A quantum mediation for no Sun or Moon but the supreme CREATOR ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY.
Instead of getting emotional, Muslim groups in Mumbai should hire a good lawyer and immideately challenge this legislation through a PIL in the Supreme Court. Let the SC decide if Surya Namaskar(praying to sun) and chanting Om and other mantras are imposition of Hindu religion or others. All Muslim students and schools where majority students are Muslims should also file an appeal seeking exemption from this legislation.
These idiots are trying to make India a Hindu Taliban country. Not only Muslims and Christians but also a large number of secular Hindus oppose this idiocy. What is next: Making drinking of cow urine in schools compulsory??
@ k khwaaja….soon saraswati vandana…vande mataram..hanuman chalisaa…gayatari mantra are in pipeline….wonder how will ” mir jafar’s “…m j akbar…muktar naqvi …shanawaz hussain and n heptullah will endorse this or will it be a litmus test for muslims to be part of “mainstream indians” – now or never….hell to hindutwaad.
May Allah guide the people who are crazy after worshipping the imaginary objects.