Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, May 18: "Brahmashri Narayana Guru is not a common man, but a great spiritual leader. Instead of honouring a great social reformer, the BJP-led union and state governments are dishonouring him," said former MLA J R Lobo.
He was addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan here on Wednesday May 18.
Lobo alleged that the state government has dropped a chapter on Narayana Guru from the class 10 textbook. "Though we have demanded to name Mangaluru railway station after Narayana Guru and Mangaluru International Airport after Koti-Chennayya, the union government is not showing any response for the demand."
He also said that the Congress government led by Siddaramaiah took initiative to celebrate Narayana Guru Jayanthi.
"When Narayana Guru's tableau was rejected from the Republic Day parade by the union government, we assumed that it may not have been done intentionally. But now the BJP government is intentionally neglecting a great leader," he said.
He also demanded the state government to re-include the chapter of Narayana Guru in the class 10 textbook.
Congress leader T K Sudhir, Shahul Hammed, Prakash Salian and others were present.