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Rajasthan textbooks to be reviewed, role of Gandhi, Nehru to be restored: Cong | India News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: December 29, 2018 6:45:02 pm

Rajasthan textbooks to be reviewed, role of Gandhi, Nehru to be restored: Cong

Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra said the roles of national icons such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru would be "restored" and it would be ensured that "their contribution is given due representation".

Before these changes were made, the chapter on ‘National Movement’ had Nehru prominently in a box titled ‘Major Leaders of National Movement’. (Express Archive photo)

Two weeks after Congress ousted BJP in Rajasthan, the Ashok Gehlot-led government on Saturday said it would review textbooks and other reference material that were revised by the Vasundhara Raje-led dispensation.

Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra said the roles of national icons such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru would be “restored” and it would be ensured that “their contribution is given due representation”.

“The government will review textbooks and other reference material that was revised by the BJP government,” PTI quoted Dostara saying. The minister has also directed education department officials to prepare a ‘status report’ that will have the details of the revisions made in the textbooks in the previous regime.

Additionally, Dostara has also called for a review of the BJP government’s decisions to provide “saffron coloured cycles” as part of development schemes. He said alleged favouritism in appointing RSS-backed officers on various boards and councils would also be reviewed.