"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.