“Cong looks at history with prism of Nehru-Gandhi family”

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New Delhi nion Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar on Friday hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka over reports about it removing a lesson on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar from school textbooks, saying the party’s views on history are limited to the Nehru-Gandhi family.

The senior BJP leader termed the reported move as Congress antics to grab attention, and alleged that it has a long history of rewriting the country’s history to remove those who are not part of a “dynasty”. On Thursday, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa

Its (move to remove a lesson) absolutely wrong. It is in their DNA and intent to take out from history whosoever is not part of dynasty. Their “prism” of looking at history is limited to the Nehru-Gandhi family.

RAJEEV CHANDRASHEKAR UNION MINISTER had said revision of school textbooks will be done this year itself in the interest of students. Bangarappa, while talking to reporters in Bengaluru, had also indicated that the proposal on the textbook revision will be placed before the Cabinet probably when it meets next.

At a press conference here, Chandrashekar also described the reported move of the Karnataka government to remove a lesson on Hedgewar as “crime against the youth of India” and said people will respond to the Congress for depriving students from the truth about India.

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