Republic Day 2022: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged students to practice ‘Surya Namaskar’ on the occasion of Republic Day on 26 January. To celebrate the occasion of 75 years of India’s independence, the UGC has asked higher education institutions across the country to participate in this mass event, which is the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) of the Central Government. ) is a part of.
According to the Indian Express, the event was planned by the National Yogasana Sport Federation (NYSF), which will run in around 30,000 higher education institutions across the country and will involve over 300,000 students. This program will run till 7 February. Through this event UGC hopes to ensure 75 crore Surya Namaskars in 30,000 institutions across the country.
According to Express, to celebrate the Amrit Mahotsav, the federation has decided to run a project of 750 million Surya Namaskars in 30 states, involving 30,000 institutions and 3 lakh students from January 1 to February 7. Now on January 26, he will perform a musical Surya Namaskar in front of the tricolor. The commission said in a notification that all higher education institutions and affiliated colleges are requested to participate in the event.
Let us inform that earlier, the Ministry of Education, through a letter dated December 16, 2021, had said that the ‘National Yogasan Sports Federation’ under the banner of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ has decided that from January 1 to February 7, 2022 75 crore Surya Namaskar project will be run. It was also said that there are also plans for a concert on Surya Namaskar on January 26, 2022.
However, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has said that children of the Muslim community should not participate in the programs of Surya Namaskar, as the worship of Surya is not according to the religion of Islam. Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, general secretary of the Personal Law Board, also said that the government should respect the secular values of the country by withdrawing the guidelines related to it.
Maulana Rahmani said in a statement that India is a secular, multi-religious and multi-cultural country. Our constitution has been made on the basis of these principles. The constitution does not allow us to teach in government educational institutions of a particular religion or to organize celebrations based on the beliefs of a particular group. He claimed that it is very unfortunate that the present government is deviating from this principle and trying to impose the thinking and tradition of the majority community on all sections of the country.
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