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Political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar on Monday wrote to NCERT objecting to new textbooks carrying their names even after they had disassociated themselves from the revisions and said they will be forced to take legal recourse if these books with their names are not withdrawn immediately. In their letter, Palshikar and Yadav said they do not want the NCERT to "hide" behind their names to pass on to students such textbooks of political science that are "politically biased, academically indefensible and pedagogically dysfunctional". Palshikar and Yadav, who were chief advisors for political science textbooks, had last year said that the rationalisation exercise has "mutilated" the books beyond recognition and rendered them "academically dysfunctional" and demanded that their names be dropped from the books. They had stated that the textbooks which were a source of pride for them earlier have now become a source of embarrassment. The revised version of the textbooks,
Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav has claimed the BJP wants to push the concept of 'one nation, one election' as it is scared of its performance in polls to the state assemblies. The concept is nothing but to promote "one nation, one election, one party and one leader," Yadav claimed during an event in Maharashtra's Thane city on Saturday night. Assembly elections are scheduled next month in five states - Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Yadav said the Lok Sabha polls in 2024 will decide the direction of the country for next 50 years. Hence, the polls next year are of utmost importance for the people of the country, he said. The country faces several challenges in 2024 and unless the people consider them in totality, they will never be addressed effectively, he said. Yadav claimed the strength of the opposition INDIA alliance was growing day-by-day and the BJP was worried about it. The issues in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections are different an
Psephologist and activist Yogendra Yadav on Tuesday condemned the Delhi police's raids on properties related to news portal NewsClick and its journalists. Delhi Police's special cell searched 30 locations connected with the portal in a case filed under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act following allegations that it received money for pro-China propaganda. "It is a clear attack on journalism and freedom of speech in the country," Yadav told reporters here. This was not the first time the BJP-led Union government was acting in this way and earlier the office of a reputed foreign media organisation was raided, he said. "We all know what was done to fact-checker Mohammad Zubair and journalist (Siddique) Kappan," he added. The journalists who have faced action are known to ask tough questions to the government, and the raids send out a clear political message, Yadav said. "The message is very clear to all the journalists in the country, if you raise your voice
Political scientists Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav have asked the NCERT to drop their names as chief advisors from all political science textbooks, saying a rationalisation exercise has "mutilated" the books beyond recognition and rendered them "academically dysfunctional". Stating that they were embarrassed to be mentioned as chief advisors, Palshikar and Yadav have written to the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), saying the cuts in the textbooks were arbitrary and irrational. The NCERT, however, said the withdrawal of anyone's association is out of question as textbooks at the school level are developed on the basis of knowledge and understanding on a given subject and at no stage, individual authorship is claimed. Palshikar and Yadav, who were chief advisors for the original political science books for Classes 9 to 12, said, "While the modifications have been justified in the name of rationalisation, we fail to see any pedagogic rationale at wor
Social activist Yogendra Yadav has resigned from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha coordination committee but said he will remain a "soldier" of the farmers' collective. The SKM made Yadav's resignation letter public at a press conference at Gurudwara Rakabganj here. In the letter, Yadav has said he will no longer be in the coordination committee of the SKM -- an umbrella body of about 40 farmer unions -- which had spearheaded the farmers' movement last year. "I will no longer be able to shoulder the responsibility of being the member of SKM's coordination committee. It is important that the energies of all movements and opposition political parties be joined to fight against the anti-farmer Modi government. So, for this I am in touch with other movements as well apart from farmers' movement. "Seeing my this priority, it will not be possible for me to do justice with the responsibility of SKM coordination committee," Yadav said in his letter to SKM. He appealed to the farmers' body to rel
A court here on Saturday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav in a defamation case filed by an advocate in 2013. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand said the complainant, advocate Surender Kumar Sharma (now deceased), failed to prove that the accused have committed the alleged offence despite several efforts. In the order, the judge also said the concept of "Reputation was known in the society perhaps since the time the civilization itself established". She quoted a text from Bhagwat Geeta "People also will speak of your unending infamy. And to an honoured person infamy is worse than death" and said the text "dates back to 2nd century CE (common era) highlighting the importance of a person's reputation". "Even today, in modern India, governed by its Constitution, Right to reputation has been embedded as one of the fundamental rights covered under the larger concept of Right to Life. Hence, ..