Karnataka CM defends move to colour code 'Viveka' school classrooms in saffron

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday defended the governments move to paint the thousands of school classrooms to be constructed under Viveka scheme with Saffron colourThe Karnataka government has proposed the construction of 7601 classrooms across the state under the new government classrooms scheme named after Swami VivekanandaBommai launched the scheme on Childrens Day by laying the foundation stone at Government Higher Primary School at Madiyal in Kalaburgi districtAsked to comment about the move of colour coding such classrooms with saffron that has sparked a controversy the Chief Minister said Why do people turn red with the very name of saffron Whats wrong to have Saffron colour Theres saffron colour in the national tricolour Swami Vivekananda himself used to wear a saffron robeThey Congress arent interested in the comprehensive development of education Bommai chargedHe said there is a tendency to create controversy on any progressive changes madeVivekananda was a Sanyasi Viveka means wisdom We named the schools after Swami Vivekananda so that children draw inspiration from him and a good atmosphere will be created in schools the Chief Minister opinedAlso Read Ravindra Jadeja bats for his wife ahead of Jamnagar nominationAsked if saffronisation of education is happening he said Definitely notSchool Education Minister B C Nagesh said if architects recommend to the government that saffron colour looks good on such classrooms it will be doneWe have left the decision to architects The government does not decide on what kind of paint window door and steps We will take a decision on what they architects say Nagesh saidSome people have an allergy towards saffron colour he saidTaking a dig at the Congress the Minister said I want to ask them there is saffron colour in their flag Why did you keep it Remove it Nagesh saidSenior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Regarding this saffronisation it should be noted that it is not BJP money but public money Have people asked for saffronisation or have they got the mandate to do so Have they got a mandate for tampering with historyMeanwhile the Chief Minister said the state government will build 8000 school rooms in the state of which 2000 will be the Kalyana Karnataka region erstwhile HyderabadKarnataka region alone while 6000 will be in the rest of KarnatakaIf this can be done for three years continuously it will bring a major reform in the state This will address the shortage of classrooms from primary schools in the state Bommai saidHe said that he has released Rs 250 crore for the construction of toilets in all the schools by August 15 2023The state government has approved recruitment of 15000 teachers Bommai saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever