Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today alleged that there were efforts to change the country's secular fabric to create a "Hindu Rashtra".
"Those who betrayed India's Independence movement and acted as agents of the then British government are now active to change the secular fabric of the country and form a Hindu Rastra," he said at a Teachers' Day function but did not name any organisation or party.
Sarkar said his party (CPI-M) was not against Hindus or Hinduism or any religion.
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Sarkar also expressed dismay over education being turned into business enterprises.
"Educational managements are now privatised as a result of which it has turned into a business, which is disastrous for the people," he said.
Sarkar handed over this year's Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Award, the state government's highest award for a teacher to renowned educationist and writer, Aparajita Roy.
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