Janeu Shamed at NEET in Siddaramaiah’s Karnataka

The young NEET aspirant Shripad Patil from Kalaburagi, Karnataka, was determined to change his future. However, he was crying due to the religious insensitivity of the staff. Why? Because he was asked to remove his Janeu, or sacred thread. Shripad Patil was asked to choose between his faith and his future aspirations. This young boy was given the devil’s choice in Siddaramaiah’s Karnataka.

NEET Exams – A Brahmin Stripped of Faith in Karnataka

At St. Mary’s School, the NEET exam center, Shripad Patil was stopped. Not for cheating or late arrival. He was stopped for wearing a sacred thread — the Janeu, a Sanatani symbol older than every political party in India. 

the staff asked him to remove it or he could not give his exam.

The instructions seem to be to remove your Dharma before you can take the NEET exam center. Almost as if asking the young boy to strip his soul before he can prove your merit. So, he cried as he took off the janeu and gave it to his father outside the gate. He cried because his identity was declared offensive by a secular state that bends over backward for burqas but breaks Hindu backs over sacred threads.

This isn’t an isolated incident.

In Shivamogga and Bidar, Hindu boys were asked to do the same — strip their Janeu to enter CET exam hall. No circulars asked for such a ban or restriction. However, Hindus were targeted and humiliated at every turn in Karnataka.

Karnataka Brahmins Protest Against Janeu Hatred

Let’s not pretend this is new in Karnataka. Under Siddaramaiah’s Congress, anti-Hindu governance is not a bug – it’s a feature.  

The incident sparked outrage across the Brahmin community, leading to a protest outside the NEET exam center in Kalaburagi. Advocate Raghvendra Kulkarni, representing the aggrieved community, strongly condemned the humiliation faced by the student. He stated that the child had come at 1.30 am to take the NEET exams. However, the Staff used half-cooked knowledge of rules to create stress for the student. This is an outright insult to Hindus who wear the Janeu with devotion. 

Kulkarni squarely blamed the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government for enabling such discriminatory practices. It seems the CON-Party government is unable to staunch the anti-Brahmin hatred in the state. Thus, Kulkarni asks every Janeu-wearing Hindu to reject this anti-Hindu regime. Furthermore, he demanded immediate suspension of the staff and authorities involved in the incident. 

In Congress-run Karnataka: Sanatani children cry outside exam centers – Sacred threads are stripped.

Final Word – Who is responsible?

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated that NEET exams come under center. The state is only responsible for enforcing guidelines. Religious symbols need to be examined in detail. However, there is no such ban on religious items in the NEET exam. Hence, it seems that despite clear instructions the ST. Mary’s staff deliberately misunderstood or misinterpreted rules to attack a Brahmin’s janeu! Minister Joshi states that an FIR is registered and the state government needs to take appropriate action and deliver justice! 

When Janeu becomes contraband, Dharma becomes a necessary resistance.

Therefore, it seems that the repeated insult of Hindu religious symbols seems to be deliberate. This is not secularism. It is Hinduphobia, dressed up as neutrality. When a Hindu boy can’t wear his Janeu to an exam – it’s a warning to the entire community. Will this only stop with the complete erasure of Hindu or Brahmin identity? Will Sanatanis face decimation one Janeu, one Mandir, one generation at a time? Who knows.