Revoke resolution on Suryanamaskar: Congress

Congress on Saturday sought revocation of the resolution passed by the BMC making 'Suryanamaskar' compulsory for students of all schools run by the Municipal Corporation.

A 22-member delegation of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee-Minority Department met Maharashtra governor C. Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan here and made the demand, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said.

The delegation asked the governor to prevail upon the civic boy to revoke the resolution following which he assured them that he will forward the memorandum presented by the committee to the state government.

The Sena-BJP ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had passed a resolution this week making yoga and Suryanamaskar (sun salutation) mandatory in all civic schools here despite strong protests from Opposition parties including Congress, Samajwadi Party and MNS.

The ruling allies had rejected the amendment demanded by the Opposition parties to make yoga optional in schools. Samajwadi Party had also demanded deletion of Suryanamaskar from the proposal, cleared by the House of the civic body.

Opposition parties had alleged that BJP was trying to saffronise education, both in the Centre and the state by introducing such proposals.

According to Samajwadi corporator Rais Sheikh making Suryanamaskar compulsory in schools is a way to promote Hindutva as its origin lies in the Hindu God Surya (Sun).