Many writers, intellectuals, politicians and social activists, who took half within the 18-kilometre-long protest march, adopted by a public assembly in Tirthahalli on Wednesday, gave a name for a State-wide motion demanding the withdrawal of the textbooks revised by the committee headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha.
The protesters maintained that the revision accomplished by the committee was towards the fundamental ideas of the Constitution and the committee insulted nice personalities, poets and social reformers of the land. The time has come for the individuals to lift towards the onslaught on the identities of Kannada.
Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, addressing the general public assembly in Tirthahalli, stated the textbook committee had distorted the historical past of nice personalities and social reformers. “The committee does not want to accept B.R.Ambedkar as the architect of the Indian Constitution. If Dr. Ambedkar was not the head of the drafting committee, we would not have the Constitution that we have today. The people from RSS do not respect the Constitution as it guarantees equality. The RSS wants inequality so that it could continue to exploit the downtrodden people”, he stated.
Stating that the federal government was engaged in ‘cultural terrorism’, he careworn the necessity for a robust motion towards it. The intellectuals and writers ought to take management. The motion ought to stay non-political in order that it will be sturdy, he opined.
V.P. Niranjanaradhya, educationist, stated the revision of the textbooks was unconstitutional, opaque and towards fundamental ideas of democracy. The committee headed by Mr. Rohith Chakrathirtha had no order from the State Government to revise the textbooks. It had solely requested the committee to submit a report on sure classes. However, the committee eliminated many classes and added just a few, with out giving legitimate the explanation why they did so. Further, he stated your entire course of was dictatorial in nature and it was not in reference to any curriculum framework. Both the Chief Minister and Education Minister have been engaged in deceptive the general public on the entire concern.
S.G.Siddaramaiah, author, stated the individuals within the State Government had ‘lost’ the ethical proper to recite the state anthem written by Kuvempu as they’d defended Mr. Rohith Chakrathirtha who distorted the poem. The textbook revision committee distorted the historical past of nice personalities. “They are attempting to incorporate the history they learnt in RSS shakhas in schools”, he stated.
Rajendra Chenni opined that frequent individuals and oldsters of the schoolchildren needed to take a distinguished position within the protests towards the revision of the textbooks. “How can parents remain silent when their children are being fed poison through textbooks? We should not expect political parties to take the leadership of this struggle. We common people should raise our voice”, he stated.
Leader of Opposition within the Legislative Council B.Okay .Hariprasad stated individuals wouldn’t tolerate insults accomplished to social reformers of the land. “Kuvempu has been insulted. Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, representing Tirthahalli, should have resigned by now.”
Former MLA and JD(S) chief Y.S.V. Datta stated the motion had begun at Kuppali, the native place of Kuvempu. It ought to attain nook and corners of the state.
The programme was organised by Kuvempu Vishwamanava Vedike of Tirthahalli beneath the management of former Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar. Novelist Na. D’suoza, former Minister Ramesh Kumar, Raitha Sangha leaders Okay.T.Gangadhar, H.R.Basavarajappa, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti chief Gurumurthy, journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu, T.D.Raje Gowda, MLA, and others participated within the programme.
Source: www.thehindu.com
