Now Rajasthan governor opposes holidays on birth anniversaries

Taking a cue from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh asks the institutes to teach the students on great personalities on their birth anniversaries instea

Jaipur, Apr 15: Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has said that there should be no holidays on birth anniversaries of great personalities instead students should be taught about them on these days. Speaking at a state level function at Mundwa village in Jaipur on the 126th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar on Friday, he said the holidays on birth anniversaries of great personalities should be abolished and seminars should be held in schools and colleges to make students aware about their life journey.

The governor said that no society can progress unless social harmony is strengthened and discrimination ends.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has echoed the same views on Friday as he paid tributes to the chief architect of Indian Constitution at a function in Lucknow. "There should be no holidays in schools on birth anniversaries of great personalities. Instead special two hour programme should be held to teach students about them," Adityanath said.

PTI