Mangalore, December 17: Puducherry Governor and celebrated former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, who was one of the chief guests in the Karnataka school that made its students enact the Babri Masjid demolition, uploaded a video clip on Twitter which she claimed shows the students making a "formation of the proposed Shri Ram Mandir at #Ayodhya." Bedi kicked up a storm by writing in her tweet that "all such performances enabled d school ensure all of its 3800+ school children participate in d annual festival of Sri Rama Vidya Kendra, Kalladka Village, near Mangalore." Karnataka School Students Enact Demolition of Babri Masjid at Function Attended by Union Minister Sadananda Gowda, Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi, Watch Video.
The video clip shared by Bedi shows the students of the Sri Rama Vidya Kendra making a formation that resembled a temple. The clip shows loud music playing in the background as students make the temple formation. Twitterati was aghast at Bedi's tweet and several users expressed shock over the Governor's remark which they perceived as a justification for the school's actions. Bedi put out two identical tweets and shared the video clips on Twitter.
First, Check the Tweet Shared by Kiran Bedi Below
Another formation d school children made was of the proposed Shri Ram Mandir at #Ayodhya. All such performances enabled d school ensure all of its 3800+ school children participate in d annual festival of Sri Rama Vidya Kendra, Kalladka Village, near Mangalore @PTI_News @ANI pic.twitter.com/IdaoySuBY4
— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) December 16, 2019
Another Tweet Shared by Puducherry Governor
Another one the school children made was of the proposed Shri Ram Mandir at #Ayodhya. All such formations enabled the school ensure all of its 3800+ Students participate in the annual festival of the school, Sri Rama Vidya Kendra, Kalladka Village, near Mangalore. @PTI_News @ANI pic.twitter.com/JEZLCdUTfd
— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) December 16, 2019
Twitter Users Reacted Angrily
You sat through an enactment of the demolition of the Babri Masjid- which the Supreme Court called illegal. Anybody with any decency would have walked out. And you... oh, what a fall!
— Ajay Kamath (@ajay43) December 17, 2019
People Felt Let Down
I had a great regard for you but I am proved wrong.
— Swapnil (@swapnil1969) December 16, 2019
People Shared Video of the Previous Infamous Episode
A school in Karnataka run by a RSS leader is making it's students re-enact the demolition of the Babri Masjid
This is the future of education in India when the RSS-BJP takeover of our society is complete.
And this is why it's our duty to resist.pic.twitter.com/XsLb5BH64S
— Gustakh-e-Hukmaraan گستاخِ حکمران۔ (@Turnaround_07) December 16, 2019
Another Disappointed Observer
Such a fall. Such a fall indeed @thekiranbedi.
— Nihal Kirnalli (@NihalKirnalli) December 17, 2019
The Police in Karnataka booked members of the School's governing body. The school is run by the RSS in Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal locality. The school became a subject of controversy after a video of the school students enacting the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition went viral. Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, Narayan Somayyaji, Vasanth Madhav and Chinnappa Kotiyan have been named in the FIR, reported The News Minute.
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