"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.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday accused the Centre of seeking to confuse people after reports in sections of media that an NCERT panel had recommended replacing 'India' with 'Bharat' in school textbooks
Speaking to ANI Binoy Viswam said that the regressive recommendations made by a high-level committee set up by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) are against the foundational values of our Republic and go against the visions of our Constitution.
"This debate (Bharat-India name row) has been raked up to divert the attention of those G20 dignitaries who're coming to India, from the real issues. Whatever you call this nation, the real issues of the nation will stay the same. They (BJP) failed to solve these issues in the past nine year
After Rashtrapati Bhawan issued an invitation for a G20 dinner scheduled for September 9 in the name of 'President of Bharat' instead of India, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday said that his party is dedicated to working for both India and Bharat while BJP has put its focus on India v