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The Karnataka textbook controversy arose in May-June 2022 after
Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...
made changes to the books used by the government schools in Karnataka. They have been accused of reflecting the political views of BJP, the party in power in the Government of Karnataka.


'Burn the chaddi' campaign

In June 2022 the Congress students' wing
National Students Union of India The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ...
(NSUI) protested against the "saffronisation" of school textbooks. As a symbolic protest they burnt an underwear outside the Home of Education Minister
B. C. Nagesh Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh is an Indian politician who was the Minister of School Education and Literacy & SakalaKarnataka department of primary and secondary education is now department of school education and literacy of Karnataka from 4 ...
. They set fire to a pair of khaki shorts similar to the short in the uniform of the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS,, ) is an Indian right-wing politics, right-wing, Hindutva, Hindu nationalist volunteer paramilitary organisation. It is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar ( ...
(RSS) members. The BJP complained to the police accusing the NSUI activists of trying to burn the minister's house down. Congress leader
Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd List of chief ministers of Karnataka, chief minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previo ...
said, "During a protest, we symbolically burnt one underwear - just one underwear. But the police and government made it a big issue and said we are trying to burn the house... So let's start a chaddi-burning campaign," The Congress launched a "burn-the-chaddi" campaign and Siddaramaiah announced that, as a sign of protest against RSS ‘chaddis’ would be burnt.


See also

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Bias in curricula Bias in curricula refers to real or perceived bias in educational textbooks. In school textbooks The content of school textbooks is often the issue of debate, as their target audience is young people, and the term "whitewashing" is the one c ...
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Saffronisation Saffronisation is the right-wing policy approach in India that seeks to implement Hindu nationalist views to counter the mainstream discourse, for example onto school textbooks. Critics have used this political neologism. Etymology Saffron is ...
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California textbook controversy over Hindu history A controversy in the US state of California concerning the portrayal of Hinduism in history textbooks began in 2005. The Texas-based Vedic Foundation (VF) and the Hindu Education Foundation (HEF), complained to California's Curriculum Commission ...
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Pakistani textbooks controversy The Pakistani Textbooks controversy refers to the claimed inaccuracies & historical denialism. These inaccuracies & or myths are said to promote religious intolerance, Indophobia & have led to calls for curriculum reform. According to the Susta ...


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