Hitting back at academicians for withdrawing their names as advisors from the NCERT, the statement said the "name-withdrawal spectacle" is just to "capture media attention". They "seem to have forgotten that textbooks are an outcome of collective intellectual engagement and rigorous efforts,
Addressing a press meeting, Sivankutty said, "The state government can print textbooks independently unless the Centre denies giving permission to teach these subjects. Teachers' unions also have a stand that the omitted lessons should be taught."
"They have ruled the country for 800 years. No one can forget that. When the public will visit the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort, and Humayun Tomb, what will you tell them? These monuments have got international heritage recognition. So however hard the government tries, it cannot chan