Uproar over chapters on Nehru policies being dropped from Class 12 syllabus in Assam

Guwahati: The Congress in Assam has lodged strong protests against dropping of chapters on Jawaharlal Nehru’s policies, Ayodhya dispute and the Gujarat riots from the Class 12 syllabus of the state board.

The chapters were deleted by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) under measures taken to reduce the course-load on students on account of the loss of academic schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Leader of the opposition Debabrata Saikia wrote a letter to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, urging him to instruct the AHSEC to retain certain chapters, pertaining to the policies and contribution Jawaharlal Nehru.

Mr Saikia said that any step to ease the workload of the students would have been welcome but the choice of chapters dropped was questionable.

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He cited the dropping of chapters on Jawahar Lal Nehru’s foreign policy and “Garibi Hatao” campaign initiated by former Prime minister Mrs Indira Gandhi.

“Any unbiased person would concede that Pandit Nehru laid the foundation of modern India by laying emphasis on industrialization of the country via scientific technology. Similarly, Pandit Nehru had signed the Panchasheel Agreement with China and the neighbouring country had recently stated that it still wants bilateral ties based on that pact,” he said in the letter.

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Mr Saikia said that Jawaharlal Nehru continues to garner global respect for spearheading the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War.

“Even political opponents like Bharat Ratna Atal Behari Vajpayee and the incumbent Defence Minister, Mr Rajnath Singh publicly acknowledged Pandit Nehru’s unparalleled contribution to nation building and nurturing of democratic values,” Mr Saikia said in the letter.

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