Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday lauded the New Education Policy (NEP), saying that it represents the “Indianisation” of India’s education system.  

His statement comes in response to criticism from Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who accused the Centre of pushing its “three core agendas—centralisation, commercialisation, and communalisation” through the NEP in an opinion piece published in The Hindu.  

Reacting to this, CM Fadnavis said that Sonia Gandhi should gain more awareness about the policy and support the Indianisation of India’s education system.  

“If the education policy introduced by Macaulay to enslave our country is being replaced with an Indianised system, then no one should have any objection to it. Any patriot will support this change. I believe Sonia Gandhi ji should learn more about it and wholeheartedly support the Indianisation of the Indian education system,” Fadnavis told reporters in Nagpur.  

Earlier on Saturday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasized the need to end the tendency of dividing the country based on language. He reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remains committed to protecting Hindi as well as all other Indian languages.  

“Some people are unnecessarily creating controversy over Tamil and Hindi. However, the BJP is fully committed to safeguarding Hindi and all other Indian languages, and we are actively working toward that goal. There is no competition between Hindi and other Indian languages; rather, there is a spirit of cooperation among them. Hindi strengthens all Indian languages, and all Indian languages strengthen Hindi,” Singh stressed.  

“This trend of dividing the country in the name of language must stop. And if anyone can effectively spread this message and play an active role in promoting unity, I believe our sisters can do so in a more impactful way,” he added.  

(ANI)