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| Karnataka Govt To Distribute RSS Associated Books! |
Karnataka will distribute RSS-associated Rashtrotthana booklets in all govt primary schools. Opposition parties have strongly objected to the development.
The Karnataka government is set to distribute RSS-associated Rashtrotthana booklets in all government primary schools. The primary and secondary education department is distributing Bharata-Bharati booklets, published by RSS's Rashtrotthana Parishat, to libraries of government primary schools. As per sources, the booklets are biographies of historical and mythological personalities. However, the opposition has slammed the state government, accusing them of the saffronisation of education.
According to the Karnataka Textbook Society, each school will get around 700 titles. The department of public instruction (DPI) said that it received an order from the government in February with a budget of Rs 1.9 crore. Various block education officers asked higher primary school principals to collect the booklets on Wednesday. According to senior DPI officials, an order to obtain the booklets was initially passed by the government around nine years ago but it was never implemented. This February, the order was passed again and funds were released as well.
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