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| Under Modi Raj, NCERT book criticizes PM Modi | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 27: What an irony? Under the Narendra Modi Raj, the NCERT's political science book for class XII criticizes Narendra Modi's role in the aftermath of the Godhra incident that had led to the burning alive of 57 Kar Sewaks. According to the report, the passage in the chapter titled "Politics in India since Independence" has retained the text only with a minor change. The word 'Muslim' has been removed from the first line of the sentence.
However, the text "continues to highlight critical observations about the role of the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government", the report said.
The passage earlier read: "In February-March 2002, large-scale violence against Muslims took place in Gujarat". In the updated books, it now reads: "In February-March 2002, large-scale violence took place in Gujarat".
The passage critical of the then BJP government, which the report says has not been changed, reads: "The National Human Rights Commission criticised the Gujarat government's role in failing to control violence, provide relief to the victims and prosecute the perpetrators of this violence. The EC ordered the assembly elections to be postponed." The book was reportedly published in 2007. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was in power at the Centre in 2007.
A senior NCERT official reportedly pointed out that the syllabus, which is used to prepare text for books, does not have the word "anti-Muslim".
"The syllabus clearly uses the word Gujarat riots. However, the textbook had included the word 'Anti-Muslim'. When we started the work on updating the books we were informed about it and we have reverted to 'Gujarat riots'," he said.
The riots were sparked by the killing of 57 Kar Sewaks, who were returning from Ayodhya and burnt alive in a train compartment, at a railway station in Godhra. |
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