Bengaluru: Senior Congress Leader and Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday May 18 urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to immediately stop the printing of class X Kannada textbooks with RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar’s speech. Further, he urged to take decision in this matter after deliberation with educational experts and thinkers.

“If the media reports are true about the revised curriculum, then the issue is very serious. In order to avoid speculation and conflicts about the issue, @CMofKarnataka @BSBommai should give clarifications,” Siddaramaiah tweeted. Further, Siddaramaiah added that the BJP Government’s move to delegate the work to an inexperienced youth from RSS is an insult to intellectuals and experts in the State.

I urge @CMofKarnataka @BSBommai to immediately stop the printing of revised textbooks, and to take the decision after discussions with intellectuals, education experts & writers.

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) May 18, 2022

“The government should withdraw the draft submitted by the current textbook revision committee and dissolve the committee. Appoint a new committee comprising education experts, intellectuals and eminent writers of Kannada,” he added.

Siddaramaiah noted, “Now, they are trying to politicise learning space to spoil the minds of innocent children for political gains. This is unfortunate and people should oppose this.” “People will evaluate what is right or wrong, and decide. But do not politicise education for selfish reasons,” he added.