Condemning what he called distortion of history and saffronisation of education by the Rohit Chakrathirtha-headed textbook revision committee, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) spokesperson and Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge called upon the people to participate in the 24-hour agitation from 10 a.m. on Wednesday in Kalaburagi.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the call for the agitation given by like-minded organisations and individuals is to demand withdrawal of revised textbooks by the government and safeguard the very identity of Karnataka.
“In the name of textbook revision, the committee has attempted to saffronise education. It has insulted all the major communities in the State by distorting their histories. It has inserted objectionable content to downplay the contributions made by great personalities such as Basavanna, Ambedkar and Kuvempu. Teaching such content which is full of communal poison would destroy the future of the children and the country at large. As part of the ongoing agitations across the State demanding the withdrawal of the revised textbooks, we, like-minded organisations and individuals, have planned a day-and-night agitation starting from 10 a.m. on Wednesday. I appealed to the people, especially the parents of the school-going children to participate in the agitation,” Mr. Priyank said.
