Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has said that workers from BJP and JD(S) in the entire state want to join the Congress party and they welcome this.
"Shivakumar further said that any worker who wanted to agree with the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, we welcome them with our ideology," said DK Shivakumar.
Meanwhile, a new flashpoint has arised between the Congress and BJP over the National Education Policy (NEP).
With Karnataka government ministers saying that they will scrap the New Education Policy in the state, the BJP has advised the Congress-led government not to play with the future of the younger generation.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lashed out at the Karnataka government and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar for announcing the scrapping of the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state from the next academic year, underlining that the government should not play with future of the younger generation.
Speaking to reporters, Pradhan said, “What kind of politics do you (Congress government in Karnataka) want to play? I would like to appeal to him (Shivakumar) to let politics take its own course, but one should not play with the future of the younger generation. Now India is in a position for bigger scientific achievements like the Chandrayaan mission. I am again appealing to my friends that there should not be politics (over NEP).”
“Yesterday, Karnataka Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar made an announcement to scrap the National Education Policy. I want to tell my friend Shivakumar ji that the facts are wrong, and your statement is mischievous, regressive. The National Education Policy was not implemented from 2021, it was implemented from 2020,” he said.
He also termed the NEP as a visionary philosophical document prepared by the educationists of this country.
"It is not a political document. It is a philosophical document for 21st century. What kind of message do you want to give to the youngsters of the country, especially in your own state Karnataka," Pradhan questioned.
He added, "What kind of politics are they doing? Do they not want early childhood education and care system to be implemented in Karnataka from the age of three? Do they not they want localised play-based learning for our children?"
"Do they not want our children to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy by the time they complete grade three? Do they oppose education in Kannada language? My dear friend Shivakumar is opposing Kannada language, which is accommodated in NEP," Pradhan said.
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