NEWS DELHI:
Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM) has warned schools in Aligarh against Christmas
celebrations, saying that any such function by Christian schools was
“essentially a ploy to lure and convert Hindu children.”
According
to India media, The Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM) has warned the managing
bodies of schools run by Christian NGO’s against collecting
contributions from Hindu students and threatened schools against
celebrating Christmas, claiming it would be “at their own risk.”
This threats instilled fear among the children, halting them to make their presence in the schools.
Warning
hasn't reached schools yet. We're probing to see what charges can be
made in this matter. It doesn't look like an advisory but it instills
fear among children.
“No school has a majority of Christian
students. So why do these schools where Hindu students are in majority
celebrate Christmas?” An Indian newspaper quoted the Sonu Savita,
president of the Aligarh unit of as saying.As per reports, HJM volunteers were running an “awareness campaign” among the parents whose children studied in Christian schools, warning that HJM and other Hindutva groups would hold protests outside the schools if they “forced” Hindu children to celebrate Christmas.
Reacting to the threat, Pramod Singh of the Christian Legal Association said that such warning is an attempt to make minorities second class citizens.
Many Aligarh based civil society group like Muslim Forum have approached to police against the HJM’s diktat.
