A Vishwa Hindu Parishad functionary filed a complaint, claiming that the prayer was being recited in a bid to convert the students.
A first information report was filed on Thursday against the principal of a government-run school in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district after a video of students reciting a poem by noted Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal went viral on social media, The Indian Express reported.
The poem, Lab pe aati hai dua, was written by Iqbal in 1902. He also wrote the famous patriotic song Saare jahan se achha.
The video on social media shows children singing the lines “mere Allah burai se bachaana mujhko” (O Allah, protect me from evil) during the morning prayer.
Apart from the principal Nahid Siddiqui, the school’s shiksha mitra Wazeeruddin has also been booked on charges of hurting religious sentiments based on a complaint filed by a local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader named Sompal Singh Rathore.
