Raipur, June 25 -- Congress MP KC Venugopal on Thursday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for introducing a section on the Emergency in the Class IX textbook, alleging that the move was driven by "divisive politics" and an attack on the Constitutional values.

Speaking on the issue, Venugopal said, "They(BJP) are interested only in this type of divisive politics. They are trying to divert the history of India and are trying to change the curriculum... This is not at all acceptable. This is an attack on constitutional values, and we are fighting against that."

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday welcomed the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT) decis...