Screenshot of order issued by iTransport Commissioner Tomin J Thachankar
However, this does not specify whether or not clothing items related to religious beliefs, such as a skull cap, are allowed to be worn on duty or not.
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Newschecker also found an order issued by Transport Commissioner Tomin J Thachankar, dated December 29, 2015, which stated that the drivers of the KSRTC will wear navy blue pants and sky blue shirt or churidar while on duty. The circular read, “the drivers of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation shall wear Navy Blue pants and Sky Blue shirt or churidar while on duty.” However, there is no prescription on the length of the sleeve. We continued our investigation and found a Facebook post, dated May 26, 2022, by a user ‘ Kara kalanja bus premi’ (A bus fanatic without colour), who shared an image that detailed the KSRTC’s specification regarding their uniform. “On analysing the image closely, it can be seen that he was wearing a full-sleeve sky blue shirt with navy blue trousers as defined by the KSRTC,” the press note said. The press release identified the driver seen in the image as one PH Ashraf of the Mavelikkara unit and added that the viral image was clicked when Ashraf was on duty in bus number ATK 181 on the Thiruvananthapuram-Mavelikkara route on May 24.Ĭonfirming that Ashraf did not violate any uniform code, the KSRTC vigilance department probe found that Ashraf had spread a thorthu (white towel typical to Kerala) over his lap to avoid staining his uniform, which, when photographed from a specific angle, gave the appearance of him wearing an Islamic attire. The release stated that the KSRTC bus driver was wearing a proper uniform and that a vigilance probe, ordered after the photograph became viral, found the image to be misleading. To verify if the Kerala bus driver really violated the official uniform code, Newschecker reached out to the office of the KSRTC CMD, Biju Prabhakaran who provided us with a press release on the matter, dated May 25, 2022. The Opposition has also accused the LDF government of taking a soft line on fundamentalism in the Kerala.Īlso Read: Muslims Converted Ancient Temple In Kerala To A Mosque? No, Video of Mangaluru Mosque Shared With False Claim Fact Check/Verification Kerala also has a history of political killings, with the most recent instance being the murder of K Sreenivasan, an RSS leader in Palakkad. The BJP has often accused state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of playing appeasement politics.Īlso Read: No, Sabarimala’s Aravana Payasam Tender Not Given To UAE Based Firm, Viral Forward Is Misleading Screenshot of Tweet by Screenshot of Tweet by Screenshot of Tweet by versions of the same can be found here, here and here. Screenshot of Tweet by other users also shared the same image with similar claims. Where is the uniform? Is it the new uniform of the KSRTC drivers? Who knows whether some of the Police & Fire Force officers will come to duty in this uniform?” Archived version of the same can be seen here. But Newschecker’s investigation has revealed that the image is being shared out of context.īJP Kerala State President, K Surendran was among the many users who shared the image on his official Twitter account on May 25 with the caption, “This photo () is from the Kerala RTC’s fast passenger bus from Thiruvananthapuram to Mavelikkara. Many users questioned the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation over the ‘flagrant violation’ of the uniform policy, while others wondered if it would be made standard across other state forces including police and fire force.
Social media users on Twitter are sharing an image showing a bus driver on duty, wearing what appears to be a white Kurta & a skull cap with a long beard, as opposed to the standard sky blue shirt and pants.
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