New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of expressing "fake outrage" over the NCERT issue, calling it a "damage control" exercise.

In an 'X' post, Ramesh further called the controversy not an accidental mistake but a part of "systematic indoctrination campaign." He further accused the Prime Minister of leading a false network consisting of academically false people, which have damage by "grave damage" to textbooks with his brand of "ideological virus."

"After demonstrating real moral cowardice in Israel, the Prime Minister is expressing fake outrage on the NCERT books issue. In an obviously damage control exercise, he is letting it be known that he is extremely unhappy with the crit...