'Tum Kawar Lene Mat Jana,..': FIR Against Bareli Teacher For Reciting Poem In School Campus
Rajneesh Gangwar, a teacher of Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, has been booked for reciting a poem to his students on the school campus. The video of the teacher has gone viral on social media. The Bareli school teacher can be heard saying, ‘Tum Kawar Lene mat Jana, Tum Gyan Ke Deep Jalana (Don’t go to take Kawar (Hindu pilgrimage, you lit up the lamp of knowledge).
In the entire poem, the teacher encourages his students to become officers after gaining knowledge and serve humanity instead of going on a pilgrimage and engaging in intoxication.
“कावड़ लेने मत जाना, तुम ज्ञान का दीप जलाना”
“मानवता की सेवा करके, तुम सच्चे मानव बन जाना”ये कविता सुनाने वाले टीचर रजनीश गंगवार पर बरेली, यूपी में FIR हो गई है।
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“कांवड़ ढोकर कोई वकील, डीएम एसपी नहीं बना है।
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The recitation of the poem has created trouble for the Bareli teacher after an FIR was filed against him for hurting the religious sentiments.
“कांवड़ ढोकर कोई वकील, डीएम एसपी नहीं बना है।
कावड़ जल से कोई बनिया हाकिम वैद्य नहीं बना है।
कावड़ से बुद्धि-विवेक का तनिक विकास ना होगा।
भांग धतूरा गांजा सुल्फा मद से,कोई उद्धार ना होगा।
जाति-धर्म का नशा छोड़कर, स्व कल्याण करो तुम।
शिक्षालय-पुस्तकालय में पढ़,ज्ञान प्रगाढ़ करो तुम ।
सत् कर्मों से मानव सेवा कर, प्रेम का दीप जलाना ।
कावड़ लेने मत जाना,तुम ज्ञान का दीप जलाना ।
मानवता की सेवा करके,तुम सच्चे मानव बन जाना।।”
Rajneesh Gangwar clarified that his poem is not to hurt any religious sentiments, but rather to encourage small kids to get an education instead of going for pilgrimages at such a small age. “The whole idea was to protect children and to encourage them to do good in their lives”, he said.
While criticizing those who filed a complaint against him, he asked to register a police report against OP Rajbhar, who condemned Kanwariyas. In the end he said, “लड़ना है तो ढूंढ बराबर का आदमी। क्यों रास्ता रोके खड़ा है फकीर का। (If you want to fight then find a person of equal stature, Why you trouble a poor).
Rajneesh Gangwar, the government school teacher in Bareilly who was booked for his critical poem on kawariyas, asks when the right-wing groups register an FIR against OP Rajbhar for his critical statements against Kanwariyas.
In the end he says,
लड़ना है तो ढूंढ बराबर का… pic.twitter.com/QZ6KaMafj4
— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) July 15, 2025
