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Yesterday the HRD Minister was not here so we are gracious enough to check our facts and come back today. The HRD Ministry called for suggestions. They received hundreds of suggestions from hundreds of different people, which is their right. They are to choose some of suggestions.
Now one of those suggestions which came among others was from an association affiliated to the RSS. It is very well known and run by Mr Dinanath Batra. The proposed suggestion is that Rabindranath Tagore should be removed from the syllabus.
If someone is doing it to seek publicity, that is not my problem. But, Rabindranath Tagore does not need any certificate from anybody. I want a straightforward answer from this Government. This is a suggestion made by the Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas. The Minister must dissociate the Government from this RSS run institution. Let him make a statement.