Govt withdraws book containing anti-national content
Srinagar, July 4, July 5 -- The government has ordered the immediate withdrawal of a controversial book from school libraries and initiated action against all those responsible for its approval, procurement and circulation. The controversy surfaced after the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Forum (JKPF) alleged that a book supplied to government school libraries under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme glorified separatist leaders and terrorists by portraying them as "great personalities" and "legends" of Jammu and Kashmir.The issue gained further momentum after Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma, raised the matter at a press conference earlier in the day, alleging that the publication promoted an anti-national narrati...
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