Teachers at Vijaylaxmi Industrial Training Institute in Itarsi have made students take a unique pledge. They have asked students to pledge not to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Assembly elections scheduled in November this year.
The training institute teachers have asked students not to vote for the BJP or support it in any manner until it stops conducting online examinations.
The incident reportedly took place during the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January. The students can be seen standing in lines and taking the pledge. The students were also made to pledge that they will convince at least three others to take a similar vow in the next 24 hours.
Notably, there is a lot of opposition in Madhya Pradesh against exams being conducted online. The Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh are scheduled for later this year but both the major parties - BJP and Congress - have already begun preparing for them. The BJP is currently in power in the State.
In a one-minute video tweeted by news agency ANI, a group of students are seen standing in lines and repeating their pledges.
The students also pledge not to support the party or its volunteers and workers in any manner, and convince at least three more persons to take a similar pledge in the next 24 hours.