The convent school located in the Kankanady area, in the heart of Mangaluru city, was operating smoothly until February 8 when a school teacher was accused of defaming the Hindu religion while teaching the poem.
Two BJP MLAs, corporators and a Bajrang Dal leader have been booked after they allegedly incited students to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ outside St Gerosa English Higher Primary School.
The Karnataka Regional Catholic Bishops’ Council expressed disappointment over the incident at St Gerosa School in Mangaluru and said that ‘local leaders and the mob had no patience to wait for the…government inquiry’