New Delhi, June 25 -- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) issued a clarification on Thursday amid scrutiny over newly introduced NCERT Class 6 Kannada textbook R3. These books faced backlash for their controversial content as academicians alleged that is pushes mythology, religious tales, vegetarianism and God-centric narratives. NCERT in its defence said that the Grade 6 book is named "after rivers of India."

Amid criticism over cultural and ideological imposition, NCERT in it's response stated, "The name "Krishna" is named after the Krishna River. The Hindi textbook has been named as "Ganga", the English textbook has been named as "Kaveri", and the Urdu textbook has been named as "Jamuna" (Yamuna). Similarly, ...