"Unfortunate": Nitin Gadkari After Karnataka Drops Chapters On Savarkar, RSS Founder
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Nitin Gadkari was addressing a gathering at the book launch ceremony on VD Savarkar.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has criticised the Karnataka government's proposal to revise school textbooks in the State and said that it is "unfortunate" that the chapters on Dr Hedgewar and Swatantra Veer Savarkar have been removed.
Nitin Gadkari was addressing a gathering at the book launch ceremony on VD Savarkar.
"It is unfortunate that the chapters on Dr Hedgewar and Swatantra Veer Savarkar have been removed from the school syllabus. There is nothing more painful than this," said Mr Gadkari on Saturday.
His remarks come after the Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the revision of Social Science and Kannada textbooks for classes 6 to 10 in state schools, dropping chapters on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder KB Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar among others.
