Former K’taka Minister Sunil Kumar questions Siddaramaiah on textbook revision; Here's what he said
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka minister Sunil Kumar has criticized the Karnataka Government's decision to revise school textbooks, questioning the need for such revisions after the textbooks have already been supplied to schools.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Kumar raised concerns about the possibility of external influence over the Education Department in this matter.
Expressing his opinion, Kumar asked if the government aims to hide the truth about Indian history and culture from schoolchildren by revising the textbooks. He accused the government of failing to understand the challenges that teachers and students would face if the textbooks were revised after being distributed to schools. Kumar suggested that the Education Department may be under the control of an external force, given the urgency displayed in the textbook revision work.
Highlighting the short period since the new government took charge, Kumar pointed out that the government was already focused on textbook revision. He directly criticized Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his post, urging him to allow the new Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Madhu Bangarappa, sufficient time to gather information from department officials before making decisions about classroom lessons.
Kumar also questioned Siddaramaiah's intentions regarding the teaching of Indian philosophy to children, suggesting that the Chief Minister's focus lies in filling textbooks with stories about the Gandhi family and foreign attacks on India. He mocked Siddaramaiah, asking if the Chief Minister intended to introduce the concept of slavery into education to express gratitude to those who helped him secure a second term as Chief Minister.
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Naveen Patnaik files nomination for post of BJD president for 9th time
Bhubaneswar, Apr 17 (PTI): Leader of Opposition in Odisha assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the post of BJD president for the ninth time here.
The former chief minister was the sole candidate for the post, said BJD’s returning officer for the organisational elections, Pratap K Deb.
Patnaik has been elected BJD president eight times in a row since the party’s inception in 1997. He was last elected to the post in February 2020.
He filed his nomination papers on the 28th death anniversary of his father Biju Patnaik, after whom the regional party, the Biju Janata Dal, is named.
“The time for filing nominations was between 10 am and 1 pm. We have received only one nomination from Naveen Patnaik and the name of the president will be announced on April 19 at Sankha Bhawan,” Deb said.
Earlier on April 15, the BJD had announced names of 18 district presidents, who were elected unopposed, in the fourth phase of the organisational elections.
Two more phases are due to be held in the next two days, Deb said.
