BHOPAL: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday wrote to the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, in quest of that a chapter on 'politics of independent India' within the Class 12 political science ebook of NCERT be "corrected".
Among different things, the chapter, titled "Politics of Independent India", describes the BJP as a celebration which promotes schedule of Hindutva.
The chapter also touches at the 2002 Godhra riots, and mentions then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's well-known "follow the Raj-dharma" advice to the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government.
"We sent a letter to the HRD Ministry and the NCERT today, asking them to correct the controversial chapter," Minister of State for School Education Dipak Joshi mentioned.
The text ebook of the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) is taught in private faculties affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Madhya Pradesh, he mentioned.
Joshi informed PTI that the way in which the chapter describes the Godhra incident and its aftermath was utterly improper. Narendra Modi won a state election soon after the Godhra carnage, he famous.
The chapter mentions that violence after the Godhra teach burning incident left 1,100 other people dead, and Vajpayee asked the Gujarat government to observe the "Raj Dharma".
Joshi also mentioned that the chapter praises the Emergency imposed through Indira Gandhi, which is improper.
"Many controversial things were incorporated in NCERT books during the previous UPA regime," state BJP chief spokesman Dipak Vijaywargiya mentioned.
"When we noticed them, we had informed the authorities concerned, seeking their deletion. Some controversial content was scrapped. Now some more such thing have come to our notice," he mentioned.
Opposition Congress mentioned the BJP must "accept the truth".
"BJP should accept the truth regarding prime minister Narendra Modi as mentioned in the chapter.... Vajpayee had asked then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to follow Raj Dharma," state Congress spokesman Pankaj Chaturvedi mentioned.
"The BJP may get the chapter dropped, but it cannot erase people's perception of it being communal," he mentioned.
Among different things, the chapter, titled "Politics of Independent India", describes the BJP as a celebration which promotes schedule of Hindutva.
The chapter also touches at the 2002 Godhra riots, and mentions then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's well-known "follow the Raj-dharma" advice to the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government.
"We sent a letter to the HRD Ministry and the NCERT today, asking them to correct the controversial chapter," Minister of State for School Education Dipak Joshi mentioned.
The text ebook of the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) is taught in private faculties affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Madhya Pradesh, he mentioned.
Joshi informed PTI that the way in which the chapter describes the Godhra incident and its aftermath was utterly improper. Narendra Modi won a state election soon after the Godhra carnage, he famous.
The chapter mentions that violence after the Godhra teach burning incident left 1,100 other people dead, and Vajpayee asked the Gujarat government to observe the "Raj Dharma".
Joshi also mentioned that the chapter praises the Emergency imposed through Indira Gandhi, which is improper.
"Many controversial things were incorporated in NCERT books during the previous UPA regime," state BJP chief spokesman Dipak Vijaywargiya mentioned.
"When we noticed them, we had informed the authorities concerned, seeking their deletion. Some controversial content was scrapped. Now some more such thing have come to our notice," he mentioned.
Opposition Congress mentioned the BJP must "accept the truth".
"BJP should accept the truth regarding prime minister Narendra Modi as mentioned in the chapter.... Vajpayee had asked then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to follow Raj Dharma," state Congress spokesman Pankaj Chaturvedi mentioned.
"The BJP may get the chapter dropped, but it cannot erase people's perception of it being communal," he mentioned.
MP Govt. wants chapter in NCERT political science book 'corrected'
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