On "Nagpur Education Policy" Jibe, Karnataka Chief Minister Says This
NDTV
Agitated BJP MLAs retorted to Congress's jibe by shouting: "Yes...but it is not Rome or Italy education policy."
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly witnessed pandemonium on Friday, the last day of the monsoon session, regarding the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) in the state with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai accepting the Congress's charge calling it RSS or Nagpur Education Policy.
The House saw chaotic scenes with Congress members trooping into the well of the House about an hour before its adjournment, first demanding extending the session and then targeting the government for implementation of NEP without discussion and calling it an RSS agenda.
The ruling BJP, defending the NEP, hit back at the Congress by stating that the NEP was not Italy's or Rome's education policy or Macaulay's education policy which the Grand Old Party wants. This resulted in a heated exchange between the Opposition and Treasury benches following which Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri adjourned the House sine die.
Making his case for extending the session, Mr Siddaramaiah said, "NEP is a matter of the future of this country, it has to be discussed...our president (State Congress chief D K Shivakumar) has called it Nagpur Education Policy."
