Joshi hits out at Singh: Explain saffronisation

‘‘Will our future generation again read that the relatives of Guru Teg Bahadur conspired to kill him because he would indulge in anti-social activities or that the Brahmins in earlier times ate beef?,” he asked.

Lashing out against Union Minister Arjun Singh, Joshi said he had visited the HRD department earlier but had never paid attention to what was written in the text books. ‘‘…We want to know the exact lines, lessons and other reading material in existing text books that convey the impression that there was a bid to saffronise or communalise education,” said the former Union Minister.

On the IIM controversy involving fee, he claimed that there were indications that efforts were being made to have higher education handed over to market forces.