The Karnataka Congress government has reportedly invited tenders to organise a 60-day Army training programme exclusively for minority students for 2026–27, raising questions over why military training opportunities funded through a government initiative are being restricted on religious community lines, as reported in Organiser.
The tender notification was issued by the Karnataka Directorate of Minorities on 2 November 2026. Titled ‘Providing 60 days Army Training to Minority students for the year 2026-27’, the notice invites eligible institutions and bidders to apply for conducting the programme.
This is unacceptable CM @DKShivakumar avre!
What are the priorities of the Congress government in Karnataka?
The Directorate of Minorities has invited a tender to provide 60 days of Army training exclusively for minority students for 2026–27. Why do they need exclusive Army training? To fight whom?
Are they bringing special trainers like Hafiz Sayeed for this? The government can’t spend the public money however it wants to!
The government must clarify about this project. For vote bank politics, Khangress government will even train ‘brothers’ in hand to hand combat as well!
I urge the central government to take note of this issue very seriously. National security and public funds cannot become instruments of vote-bank politics.
— Dr. Ravi C. T 🇮🇳 ಡಾ. ರವಿ ಸಿ. ಟಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) November 7, 2026
According to the notification, the pre-bid meeting is scheduled for November 6, while the deadline for submitting tenders is 20 November 2026.
Is Army Training also going to be divided on religious lines in Karnataka?
The Karnataka Directorate of Minorities has invited tenders to provide 60 days of Army Training exclusively to minority students for 2026–27.
Why should such an opportunity be restricted to minority students? What about Hindu and other community students?
National defence, discipline, patriotism and military training should not be viewed through the prism of religion.
If the objective is to build patriotic youth, why not provide equal opportunities to ALL eligible students?
The Karnataka Government must explain this discriminatory-looking policy and its rationale!
#EqualOpportunity #Karnataka
— 🚩Mohan Gowda🇮🇳 (@Mohan_HJS) November 3, 2026
It is perplexing to understand why Army training is being restricted exclusively to minority students. It is not clear whether any such training is offered to Hindus and students from other communities.
If the government is funding military training to build discipline, fitness and patriotism among youth, why should eligibility be decided by religion?
The Karnataka government must explain why this programme excludes students from other communities and whether they are being offered similar opportunities.
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