'Nagpur Communal Ecosystem for Rewriting of Textbooks' is real NCERT: Congress' dig at govt

Congress criticizes PM Modi for influencing NCERT textbook revisions, calling for a Supreme Court investigation into ideological biases.

The Congress on Friday (February 27, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NCERT row, saying the PM has himself guided and shaped the "Nagpur Communal Ecosystem for Rewriting of Textbooks", which is the real NCERT.

The Opposition party said the next logical step for the Supreme Court to take is to institute a full-fledged investigation into how textbooks have come to be rewritten and how they have become instruments of polarisation and political score-settling. Congress general secretary in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh, alleged that over the last decade, the Prime Minister has presided over a network of academic-quacks who have done grave damage by infecting textbooks with their brand of ideological virus.

The Congress' attack on the government came a day after the Supreme Court imposed a "complete blanket ban" on any further publication, reprinting or digital dissemination of the NCERT's Class 8 social science book, as it contains "offending" contents on corruption in the judiciary, saying a gunshot has been fired, and the institution is bleeding.

The government, on its part, expressed anguish over the inclusion of the controversial section in the book, with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan promising to fix accountability and take action against those involved in drafting it.

In a post on X, Mr. Ramesh said, "After demonstrating real moral cowardice in Israel, the Prime Minister is expressing fake outrage on the NCERT books issue. In an obviously damage control exercise, he is letting it be known that he is extremely unhappy with the critical references to the judiciary in NCERT textbooks."

"Over the past decade, he has presided over a network of academic-quacks who have done grave damage by infecting textbooks with their brand of ideological virus. These are not accidental oversights but part of a systematic indoctrination campaign. Mr. Modi has himself guided and shaped the Nagpur Communal Ecosystem for Rewriting of Textbooks— which is the real NCERT," the Congress leader said.