Direction to remove Janivara would have come with the knowledge of the govt., says Poojary

A controversy has erupted over the alleged denial of entry for a student to write the Common Entrance Test (CET) wearing his ‘janivara’ (‘sacred thread’) at Sai Spoorthy College examination centre in Bidar city on Thursday.

According to sources, the student, Suchivrat Kalyan of Guru Nanak Independent PU College, had to return home without appearing for the mathematics exam on Thursday, after the screening committee at the examination centre objected to his entering the examination hall with the ‘sacred thread’ and allegedly forced him to remove it.

Even though the student pleaded with the officials to permit him to write the exam it was rejected. The officials, it is said, insisted that he remove the ‘sacred thread’ if he wanted to enter the examination hall. Eventually, the student refused to obey their orders and left the centre without writing the mathematics paper.