"As per the decision of NCERT's Committee on Social Science, the word 'India' should be changed to 'Bharat' in the textbooks of the academic branch. The Constitution refers to our nation as both India and Bharat. The politics behind avoiding India in it is as clear as daylight," Pinarayi Vij
Kerala education minister V Sivankutty on Thursday said that the state government will not accept an NCERT high-level committee's recommendation that 'Bharat' be used instead of 'India' as the name of the country in school textbooks.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarun Chugh on Thursday hailed the NCERT panel's recommendations on replacing 'India' with Bharat', stating that 'Bharat' is in our DNA.
Reacting to the recommendations of a panel of the NCERT to replace the name 'India with Bharat' in school textbooks, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that 'Bharat' is a matter of pride.