Bhagwat endorsed my take on Ramcharitmanas, says Bihar edu minister amid BJP walkout
Hindustan TimesBihar’s education minister Chandrashekhar on Monday said whatever he had remarked about a shloka from the epic Ramcharitamanas, which the BJP leaders created a furore over, has been endorsed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. He was responding to Opposition BJP’s demand to first tender an apology for making uncharitable remark about country’s cultural heritage before giving the government reply following a debate on the education department budget in Bihar Assembly. Showing newspaper clips, Chandrashekhar, whose remarks on Ramcharitamanas earlier this year had triggered an outrage, said whatever he had mentioned as “demeaning for some castes in the religious text” was later endorsed by Bhagwat, who said, “To our maker, we are equal. He said the government was working on making quality education accessible to all despite problems due to delayed and low funding under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan.
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