School fined for celebrating Eid

GURGAON: A village panchayat in Haryana reportedly issued a racist diktat to a school by issuing a fine of Rs 550,000 for organising a special assembly marking Eid. The panchayat ordered the school to remove all Muslim staff and students, along with changing the uniform for girl students to salwar kameez. After the ruling, the one Muslim teacher in the school was forced to quit her job and move to Delhi, the school manager told media. Some of the residents of the town also accused the school management of propagating Islam and forcing its students, mostly Hindus, to follow Islamic rituals during the Eid celebration on July 6. However, several parents and right-wing groups dismissed the reports saying "rumours are being blown out of proportion."