Claim: In Kashmir, government school teachers are making students sing 'Raghupathi Raghava Raja Ram' for their own benefit.
Fact-check: This video of students singing 'Raghupathi Raghav Raja Ram' is part of the month-long Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations in J&K - FACTLY
Verdict: the school education department of the government of kashmir has released a month-long calendar of activities for celebrating the 153rd birth anniversary of mahatma gandhi in jammu and kashmir union territory . the celebrations that started on 5 september 2022 will last till 2 october 2022. according to the official circular, every school is supposed to organise an 'all faith prayer-raghupathi raghav raja ram..' on 13 september 2022. deep raj, spd, samagra shiksha abhiyan of the directorate of school education, kashmir, confirmed to factly that such a circular had been sent across jkut for the celebration of gandhi jayanthi. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Varun Borugadda
Date published: 2022-09-20T11:23:45