Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary celebration banned in Rajasthan schools

Education Minister Madan Dilawar and Indira Gandhi (right)

Jaipur – Rajasthan education department has banned the celebration of Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary in schools across the State. The Government has deleted the record of Indira Gandhi birth anniversary from the school calendar. Not only this, the name of the ‘Quami Ekta Week’ organised on the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary has been changed to ‘Samarasata (harmony) Week’. The information was given by the education minister Madan Dilawar. He said that the purpose behind this decision is to honour many other great heroes of the country.

The education minister further said that Indira Gandhi had imposed an emergency in the country. Emergency deeply wounded democracy in the country. Talking about Veer Savarkar, he said that he was a true patriot and a freedom fighter. The education department has agreed to celebrate Veer Savarkar’s birth anniversary.

Editorial Perspective

During its 6-decade-long rule, the Congress named Government welfare schemes only after people from the Gandhi-Nehru family. It could be a topic of research what the Gandhi-Nehru family’s contribution has been towards national interest. However, this shows that Congress has always given a preference to Gandhi-Nehru family over democracy.