RSS, BJP links among NCERT panel raise questions over textbook rewrite
- NCERT reconstituted its Class 11-12 political science textbook team — at least 4 of 24 members have documented RSS, ABVP or BJP links.
- The panel is tasked with integrating cultural rootedness and Indian knowledge systems into new textbooks due by November 2026.
- Yadunath Deshpande — a Ministry of Education consultant and former ABVP office bearer — is among the RSS-linked members named to the team.
- Critics say political science textbooks demand ideological neutrality — the government says the panel follows NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023.
Source: thehindu.com
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