New school calendar released, BJP blames Nitish Kumar

Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday launched a fresh attack against the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government for allegedly reducing the number of holidays in schools in the state during Hindu festivals and increasing it for Muslim festivals.
Calling Nitish Kumar a ‘master of appeasement politics’, Choubey claimed that once again the anti-Hindu face of the JDU-RJD government has come to the fore, alleging that the Bihar government ‘hates Sanatan for vote bank.’

Veteran BJP leader said on social media platform that Hindu festival holidays are being abolished.

“Shame on the government which hates Sanatan for vote bank,” the post said.
Joining his colleague, BJP MP Sushil Modi while speaking to ANI said, “The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has shown an anti-Hindu face and has decided to hurt the sentiments of Hindus… by canceling Hindu festival holidays. Have been given.” “Cuts have been made selectively, while holidays for Muslim festivals have been extended.”

Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh claimed that Nitish Kumar has issued ‘Tughlaq Farman’ for the third time.

“The way Lalu Yadav and Nitish government are attacking Hindus, in future they will be known as Mohammed Nitish and Mohammed Lalu,” he said in a video message posted on his social media platform X.

There was no immediate response from the ruling coalition government in Bihar.

According to reports, the Bihar Education Department on Monday released the holiday calendar for 2024 and said the chart has been made to ensure at least 220 instructional days under the Right to Education.

The report further states that the holiday calendar for the year 2024 has seen wholesale changes, with the number of summer holiday days increasing from 20 to 30.

According to the report, while the holidays of Hartalika Teej and Jitiya have been cancelled, the Education Department has increased the holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) to three days each.