Karnataka: Brahmin Community Protests After Students Asked To Remove Sacred Thread At Exam Centres

Karnataka NEET row: A massive row has been trigged after several candidates appearing for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)- UG 2025, were allegedly asked to remove or cut their “Janivara" (sacred thread) before entering the exam hall in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi on Sunday.

An FIR has also been launched against two exam staff members at the Station Bazar Police station in Kalaburagi based on the complaint of a candidate named Shripad Patil, who was reportedly made to remove his sacred thread at St. Mary’s School, the designated exam centre, before being permitted to enter the examination hall.

Patil has alleged in the complaint that two exam staff personnel, identified as Sharanagouda and Ganesh, forced him to remove the ‘Kashi Dara’ (sacred thread on the wrist) and ‘Janivara’  (sacred thread worn along the chest). First he resisted but eventually he was made to hand the sacred threads to his father before entering the exam hall.