BJP demands action against teacher for punishing student who refused to sing prayer hymns in Salem school

The Bharatiya Janata Party, connected Thursday (October 30, 2025), demanded action against a teacher who allegedly punished a pupil for not singing supplication hymns successful Salem.

In a petition to District Collector R. Brindha Devi, BJP State Environmental Protection Cell president R.P. Gopinath stated that successful a government-aided schoolhouse astatine Nethimedu connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025), a teacher named Jayarose had allegedly asked the students to sing 5 supplication hymns praising Jesus Christ and Mary.

One of the students, aged 12, did not sing the opus and connected noticing this, the teacher asked the pupil for the reason. The pupil reportedly said that she is not funny successful singing the prayer, arsenic it distracts her. Irked by this, the teacher made the pupil basal for 5 periods. Due to this, she fell sick, and different teacher made her beryllium and gave her water. The teacher allegedly told the students not to use beatified ash and kumkum connected their forehead, oregon she volition region it utilizing a blade.

The petition stated that aboriginal successful the evening, the teacher, successful a WhatsApp audio sent to the parents claimed that the British and the Christians brought education, roads, electricity, and different infrastructure to India. “This is simply a Christian schoolhouse and knowing this, parents are admitting their children successful this school,” she added.

Mr. Gopinath demanded stern enactment against the teacher and urged the School Education Department to guarantee the rights of students to use beatified ash and kumkum connected their forehead. He alleged that astir of the number institutions successful the territory bash not let the miss students to use the same. If the section did not guarantee this close oregon failed to instrumentality enactment against the teacher concerned, BJP volition signifier a protest, helium added.

District Education Officer for secondary acquisition Narasimman said that helium volition look into the substance and volition sojourn the school. “Applying ash and kumkum is not banned and instructions volition beryllium fixed to each the schools successful this regard,” helium added.

School Headmistress Sister Leema said that their schoolhouse did not prohibition students from applying beatified ash oregon kumkum. Regarding the WhatsApp audio and different allegations, an enquiry volition beryllium conducted, Sister Leema added.