Bihar education minister

Bihar’s education minister Chandrashekhar. (ANI Photo) “A nation becomes great with love and affection. Books like ‘Ramacharitmanas’, ‘Manusmiriti’ and ‘Bunch of Thoughts’ sowed the seeds of hatred and social divide. This is the reason why people burnt Manusmriti and took exception to a portion of Ramcharitamanas, which talks against education to the Dalits, backward (castes) and women,” he said, citing a couplet from Ramacharitmanas ‘adham jati me vidya paye, bhayatu yatha dudh pilaye’ means ‘Lower caste people become poisonous after getting education like snake becomes after consuming milk’ to support his argument. Ayodhya seer Jagadguru Paramhans came out heavily against the minister for his controversial remarks. “The whole country is hurt by it, it is an insult to all Sanatanis, and I demand legal action for this statement. That he should be sacked from the post of minister within a week. And he should apologise, if this does not happen, then I declare a reward of ₹10 crores, to the one who will chop off the tongue of Bihar’s education minister Chandrashekhar,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying. Acharya Kishor Kunal, secretary of the Mahavir Mandir Trust, said the minister’s remark was like the the story of the ‘blind men and the elephant’. “Ramcharitamanas is the greatest epic of love and compassion… It cannot be called a text of hatred,” he said. Poet Kumar Vishwas described Chandrashekhar as an “illiterate education minister”. “Respected (chief minister) Nitish ...

Bihar [India], January 15 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan on Sunday condemned Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar’s statement on Ramcharitmanas and called for his immediate removal. Chandrashekhar on Wednesday stoked a controversy by claiming that Ramcharitmanas, an epic Hindu religious book based on the Ramayana, “spreads hatred in society”. Paswan while condemning the state education minister’s statement said, “There are conflicts within the coalition government. Ramacharitmanas or be it any ‘dharma-granth’ (religious scripture), there is no scope for debate over it. This is related to the religious beliefs of crores of people. “ While taking a jibe at the coalition government of Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United), Paswan stated that these people are not clear about their intentions and policies. He questioned the government stating, “There are conflicts within the coalition. There is a lot of difference between what they say and what they do. If the Chief Minister says he disagrees with his minister’s statement, does he not have the power to remove him? Why is he not conducting an investigation?” Paswan while talking to ANI alleged that the government is trying to divert people’s attention from important topics and trying to create a division in society. He said, “In a state where students are protesting over CTET-BTET exams, should this be a topic of discussion or the Ramcharitmanas? The forces are assaulting the farmers in Bux...