Overview
- Police Headquarters issued a directive to all eight training schools covering roughly 4,000 constable recruits in a nine-month cohort that began in July.
- The order asks trainees to read at least one chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita each day during Margashirsha, preferably before the nightly meditation session.
- Reports from training centers indicate the readings have been incorporated into the daily routine.
- Congress labeled the order an attempt to saffronise the force, with Muslim organisations urging inclusion of Quran teachings for parity.
- The BJP defended the decision as philosophical education, and ADG Raja Babu Singh said it fosters ethical discipline while also announcing Heartfulness meditation sessions on December 19–21 at heritage sites.