Cong cries foul as Rajasthan govt tells schools to buy RSS ideologues writings

March 01, 2017 22:55

The state government has asked all secondary and senior secondary schools to buy a collection of essays and speeches by Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Deendayal Upadhyaya, drawing allegations of saffronisation from the opposition Congress.

The Bharatiya Jan Santh was the erstwhile avatar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which currently holds the reins of power in Rajasthan.

A February 27 circular sent out by the state secondary education directorate instructed district education officials to buy copies of the Deendayal Upadhyay Sampoorna Vangmay from Delhi-based publication Prabhat Prakashan on the occasion of his birth centenary.

The circular asked the officials to draw from the school development fund meant to be utilised for local needs to make the purchase. However, some schools had already utilised the money before the document reached them.

The Congress, for its part, charged the government with pushing its saffron agenda through school curricula. On one hand, they remove chapters on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and on the other, they promote their ideology and take decisions that will benefit their leaders economically, said state Congress vice president Archana Sharma. She alleged that the royalty for the books sold will go directly to Sharma, a BJP leader with RSS credentials.

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