Jharkhand Elections: Voting for the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections has been done, now voting for the second phase will be done on 20th November. All the parties including BJP, Congress, RJD, JDU, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha have given their full strength for the second phase of elections. The round of allegations and counter-allegations of leaders continues. Everyone is trying to defeat each other. Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has given a big statement against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
He gave this statement during the assembly election campaign in Jharkhand. Raising questions on the issue of school holiday on Friday and holiday on Tuesday, he said that if schools can be closed on Friday for them (Muslim community) then why can’t Tuesday be a holiday for the Hindu community? After this statement of Sarma, politics is sure to heat up.
Controversy over Friday holiday
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, when do schools close, on Sunday or Friday? He said, I want to ask CM Hemant Soren that if you can give holiday on Friday for the Muslim community then why can’t you close schools on Tuesday for our children also?
We are not Hindu communalists
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, we are not Hindu communalists. When our Constitution was being made, everyone in the Constituent Assembly was Hindu. If we wanted, we could have said that the national holiday should be on Tuesday, but we took a broader perspective and decided to keep schools closed on Sunday. He said, now if Jharkhand can have a holiday on Friday, then we can also demand a holiday on Tuesday.
CM Sarma tweeted
On his With this tweet he raised another communal issue and strengthened his statement.
Controversy over Friday holiday in Jharkhand and Bihar
This controversy is not new. Even before this, controversies have arisen in Jharkhand and Bihar regarding school holidays on Friday. Last time, a case of holiday came to light in 33 schools of Jamtara and Dumka districts of Jharkhand on Friday. After this, the same situation was seen in 37 schools in Kishanganj, Bihar.
Bihar Education Minister had announced investigation
As soon as these cases started gaining momentum, Bihar Education Department Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary had ordered an investigation. He had sought a report from the district education authorities and initiated an investigation into the issue.
