Bengaluru, Nov. 11 -- Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council N Ravi Kumar on Wednesday urged Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to immediately clarify and withdraw a controversial advertisement issued by the Department of Minorities, alleging that it misleadingly promised 60 days of Army training exclusively to minority youths.
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Ravi Kumar questioned the constitutional and administrative basis of offering Army training on religious lines, asserting that the Indian Army does not provide religion-based training and that the state government has no role in its recruitment or training process.
"The Army does not offer Religion-based training. There is no such provision in the Consti...