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Trinamool demands discussion in Parliament on suggestions for removal of Tagore from NCERT

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Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien today gave a notice under Rule 267 demanding suspension of business in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of suggestions given to the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development for removal of works by one of India’s finest polymaths, Rabindranath Tagore from the NCERT syllabus.

Trinamool Congress views the suggestions, given by Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, an association affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as preposterous.

Derek O’Brien said, “Rabindranath Tagore does not need any certificate from anybody”. For Tagore, humanity was supreme. It was a bigger virtue than nationalism.

The slew of suggestions given constitute a threat to the plurality of opinions that education aims to foster, and form a part of the larger strategy of the RSS to bring fundamental changes to education in India.

When what is required now are institutional reforms in education, the RSS along with the Government, continues to distort children’s education.

The MP demanded that “the Minister must dissociate the Government from this RSS-run institution”.

Tagore issue_Suspension of biz_Rule 267_Jul 25, 2017

NCERT পাঠ্যবই থেকে রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরকে বাদ দেওয়ার প্রস্তাবের বিরুদ্ধে সংসদে সরব তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস

NCERT পাঠ্যবই থেকে রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের লেখা বাদ দেওয়ার জন্য মানব সম্পদ উন্নয়ন দপ্তরকে যে প্রস্তাব দেওয়া হয়েছে তার বিরোধিতায় মুখর হয় তৃণমূল। রাজ্যসভায় ২৬৭ নম্বর নিয়মে নোটিশ দেন তৃণমূলের দলনেতা ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন। তিনি এই বিষয়ে আলোচনার দাবী জানান।

‘শিক্ষা সংস্কৃতি উত্থান ন্যাস’ নামে যে সংস্থাটি এই প্রস্তাব দিয়েছে তাদের সাথে রাষ্ট্রীয় স্বয়ংসেবক সংঘের যোগ আছে বলে দাবি করেন ডেরেক। তিনি বলেন, “কারোর কাছ থেকে কোনওরকম সার্টিফিকেটের প্রয়োজন নেই রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের।”

ডেরেকের অভিযোগ এই রকমের প্রস্তাবের মধ্যে দিয়ে দেশের শিক্ষা ব্যবস্থার বুনিয়াদি পরিকাঠামোয় আঘাত হানছে সংঘ। তিনি দাবী করেন, “মন্ত্রীর উচিত সরকারকে রাষ্ট্রীয় স্বয়ংসেবক সংঘের থেকে বিযুক্ত করা।”

 

Malda: Trinamool Congress issues statement

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Statement issued by Derek O’Brien, Chief National Spokesperson:

1. The situation in Kaliachak, Malda was tense, but never got out of hand. The police handled the issue tactfully. Thankfully, no deaths occurred, no injuries and 10 people have been arrested.

2. This was a ‘criminal issue’ but the BJP/RSS, as is their strategy, tried to turn it into a ‘communal issue’. They did this by trending hashtags on Twitter, sharing year-old photographs and posting irresponsible tweets with the help of their social media ‘army’.

3. The BJP/RSS were trying for the last one week to present, what I call, CIN 100: Communally Insensitive Narrative, 100 days before the State goes to polls. They follow the same tactic in all election-bound States.

4. The BJP team did not come here this morning for a ‘fact finding mission’. They came here for a ‘fuel the communal tension’ mission.

5. We now hear that this morning the leaders were now stating this was opium/fake currency issue. We have been saying all along this is a sensitive issue in a border town and not a communal issue.

6. Trinamool believes in working for people irrespective of community, caste or creed. Our track record of development for the last five years, across sectors, is there for all to see. Our focus is on development.