Dharmendra Pradhan cites UPA-era NCERT textbook toon to target Congress | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Stating Congress’s hatred and contempt for BR Ambedkar is well known, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday cited a cartoon published in an NCERT book during the UPA-2 tenure in which India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru was shown “whipping” Babasaheb.
“Suddenly, Congress has got a lot of respect for Babasaheb Ambedkar. These crocodile tears of Congress for Babasaheb are just a pretence, there is a huge difference between their words and actions. Congress party‘s hatred and contempt for Babasaheb is well known,” Pradhan wrote on X.
The cartoon was published in the textbook for Class 11 in 2012.
“After strong opposition from BJP, then human resource development minister Kapil Sibal apologised and announced to withdraw it. Obviously, such a shameful act cannot happen unknowingly, this cartoon filled with hatred towards Babasaheb was made public only after the approval of the ‘royal family’ and the whole country knows who had control of the remote-run govt at that time,” the Union minister said.
Pradhan said Congress, which makes political gains in the name of Ambedkar, takes his name only out of compulsion, while the truth is that the entire party, from Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, has always hated Babasaheb.