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30% more Muslim students took admission in UP’s RSS schools in the past 2 years
The latest statement issued by RSS shows that, Muslim students in UP RSS schools has increased by 30%. Not only are these students following regular curriculum like surya namaskar and Vedic chants, but also excelling in sports and studies.
A statement issued by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said that around 7,000 Muslim students are studying in 1,200 RSS schools across Uttar Pradesh, a healthy jump of 30% in the last 2 years after the BJP-led government came to power.
RSS, known for its right wing outlook and Hindutva ideology, revealed that these students like all other students in school were following all rules like reciting 'slokas' and 'bhojan mantras', and were performing very well in studies and sports. Most of these students are enrolled in rural areas.
Authorities at Saraswati Shishu Mandir and Saraswati Vidya Mandir declared that Muslim children had won laurels for their schools in the fields of sports, cultural activities and academics as well. Chintamani Singh, state inspector of Vidhya Bharti, which manages these schools, said, "Our students such as Mohammad Aqib, Aftab Alam, Ejaj Ahmad, Gufranuddin and Mohammad Akaram have won medals at national sporting events and youth commonwealth games."
RSS sources were proud of this statistic and said that these numbers shatter the popular propaganda about the organisation that is widely regarded as BJP's ideological parent. In these schools, students start their day with surya namaskar and singing of Vande Mataram besides Vedic hymns.
Singh said these children attend classes like any other student and mingle with their peers. There are 4,672 boys and 2,218 girls from the community pursuing education up to class XII at these schools, he added. Not only students these schools have also proved that they are open to Muslim faculty as Vidya Bharti recently recruited 8 Muslim teachers.
"The quality of education is the prime reason why Muslim parents send their wards to our schools," he said. A Muslim boy studying at an RSS-managed school topped his high school examination in Assam earlier this month. "RSS is not antiMuslim or against any religion, it is pro-India with no communal agenda," an RSS source said.