Bunts, Billava communities unhappy over exclusion of lessons on Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Narayana Guru

The Bunts Sangha headed by Ajith Kumar Rai, Congress chief from Dakshina Kannada Mithun Rai and supporters of Narayana Guru are protesting towards the Rohith Chakrathirtha-led committee for “hurting” the feelings of Tulunadu by dropping necessary contributions of those two icons within the revised textbooks.

The 2 communities alleged that Kayyar was instrumental in integrating Kasargod in Karnataka and his contributions in direction of the unification of Karnataka has largely been ignored within the Class VII social science textbook. The communities are additionally protesting as a result of the lesson on Narayana Guru (which has been transferred from social science to Kannada language textbook) shouldn’t be highlighting the necessary spiritual reforms he launched within the society.

Nonetheless, the federal government on June 27, clarified that eight corrections have been ordered to sure “controversial” content material and that extra corrections are welcome within the coming days. However there isn’t any readability from the federal government if the modifications associated to Narayana Guru and inclusion of the lesson on Kayyar (which have been changed with the works of M Govinda Pai) might be considered.

Chatting with indianexpress.com, Mithun mentioned that the state authorities is “destroying” the historical past of Tulunadu. “We aren’t simply protesting towards dropping of classes on spiritual and social reformers of Dakshina Kannada, however are additionally offended concerning the deceptive and incorrect data disseminated about them via the textbooks to the youthful generations. In truth, Kayyar has at all times been on the forefront of Karnataka’s unification since 1956 and was instrumental in getting Kasargod again to Karnataka from Kerala. Whereas, there isn’t any account of Govinda Pai combating for the unification of Karnataka due to his important well being within the late ’50s,” Mithun mentioned.

He added, “Furthermore, Kayyar was not affiliated to any political celebration. It is vital that college students study these historic and social actions accurately. As an alternative, the federal government is erasing Kayyar’s necessary contributions to the state of Karnataka. We welcome the eight modifications ordered by the federal government with respect to the revised content material. However they need to additionally think about the request of the Bunt neighborhood and restore Kayyar’s work within the textbook.”

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In the meantime, BJP chief from Dakshina Kannada and chairman of Karnataka State Electronics Growth Company Harikrishna Bantwal mentioned, “It is vital for the state authorities to think about the feelings of the Bunt and Billava communities and make acceptable modifications to the revised textbook. I’m certain within the coming days the training division will think about this. On the similar time, I really feel it’s excessive time textbooks now embody classes which can be associated to each day actions like banking, consumerism, finance which guarantee college students develop into self-reliant by the point they graduate. The colleges can conduct separate ethical classes concerning revolutionaries and reformers. However it’s important that there’s a reform in textbooks that begin together with classes on how a pupil ought to develop into economically self-reliant.”

Ajith Rai, president of the Bunts Sangha mentioned, “The Bunts neighborhood has been repeatedly uncared for and the textbook row is simply including gasoline to fireplace. The revised textbooks have damage the feelings of all communities, together with Vokkaligas, Lingayats, Billava and the Bunts. If the chapter on Kayyar shouldn’t be included, we are going to begin protesting from the ward stage and can escalate it to a statewide protest within the coming days.”