The inclusion of the works of VD Savarkar and MS Golwalkar within the curriculum of postgraduate programs at Kannur University has sparked controversy, with some college students’ organizations alleging that the ruling CPI(M) helps saffronise schooling in Kerala.
This line is above the syllabus of the MA Governance and Politics, which included quotes from Savarkar’s “Hindutva: Who is a Hindu” and Golwalkar’s “Bunch of Thoughts” and “We Or Our Nationhood Defined”. Excerpts from Deendayal Upadhyay’s “Integral Humanism” and Balraj Madhok’s “Indianisation: What, Why and How” are additionally included within the syllabus.
The Kerala Students’ Union, the coed wing of the Congress, on Thursday took out a march to the college and burnt copies of the syllabus, alleging that the CPI(M)-controlled college was implementing the agenda of the Sangh Parivar.
Youth Congress state vice chairman Rijil Makutty, who addressed the protest assembly, mentioned this reveals that RSS brokers are controlling the upper schooling sector in Kerala. “We will continue to oppose saffronisation of higher education under the Pinarayi Vijayan government,” he mentioned.
Kannur University VC Professor Gopinath Raveendran rubbished the allegation of saffronisation. “We have included the works of Gandhiji, Nehru, Ambedkar and Tagore. And the curriculum included the works of Savarkar and Golwalkar. let college students study and perceive the core of all ideologies.” “Do they [Savarkar and Golwalkar] Said is a part of present Indian politics. What’s fallacious with studying it?”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
