Panaji - A right-wing organisation Hindu organisation demanded a ban on convent schools, on the pretext that such schools do not allow Hindu students to follow religious traditions.
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), a right wing Hindu faction organized the 'All India Hindu Convention', demanded a ban on cow slaughter as well as ban on convent schools in the entire country.
According to National Conveneor of the HJS, Charudatt Pingle , a representation has also been made to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar demanding ban on convent schools in Goa which have more than 70 percent Hindu students.
The convention, is held at Ramnathi village in the state. Attended by representatives of 210 Hindu organisations from 22 states the convention is also being attended by people from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Referring to the recent meeting of Catholic MLAs called by Archdiocesan Board of Education, a wing of Goa Church, to take up its various demands, Charudutt Pinge remarked that if a Catholic religious body can intervene in the government functioning, then Hindu organisations too have the right to raise their demand.
