NCERT Removes Cartoon on Coalition Politics, Says It Cast ‘India in a Negative Light’
12 August 2024 | The Hindu
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed a political cartoon from the Class 12 Political Science textbook saying that “it shows India in a negative light”. It is one of the multiple changes introduced and made public by the NCERT in its document that chronicles the latest set of changes in rationalised textbooks.
The removed cartoon depicted political leaders from 1990 onwards and posed questions on the survival of their respective governments featured in Chapter 8 — Recent Developments in Indian Politics of Politics in India since Independence…