"Crime Against Youth": BJP, Congress Clash On Karnataka Textbook Revision
India News; Akhil Kumar (ed) | 9 June 2023 | NDTV
Calling it a "bizarre censoring of Indian history," Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the alleged removal of lessons on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar from school textbooks in Karnataka would be a "crime against youth". Congress MLC BK Hari Prasad has claimed that the new Karnataka government will not approve the inclusion of chapters on Hedgewar, whom he also slammed as a "coward" and "fake freedom fighter". The BJP has hit out at the state government, demanding an apology, saying the Congress is distorting history.
Earlier today, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said that school books will be revised from this year itself. Old books won't be recalled, but supplementary textbooks will be sent to school with instructions on what to teach and what to be left out, he said.