Bengaluru, July 29 -- Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday demanded the immediate removal of union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of entrusting the country's education system to a leader whose views, he alleged, were shaped by RSS ideology and whose past stand on the Bilkis Bano convicts was "deeply disturbing".
Launching a blistering attack in a post on X, Siddaramaiah said Karnataka should have celebrated the elevation of one of its MPs to the Education Ministry, but instead "Kannadigas have been left ashamed" by Joshi's appointment.
The Chief Minister alleged that Joshi was merely a replacement in face and not in ideology for former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, cla...