Ayodhya Ram temple chief priest flays NCERT over revised textbook, says…

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Ram Mandir chief priest Satyendra Das Maharaj's remarks come after the NCERT's revised textbooks hit the market with numerous deletion and changes...

Satyendra Das Maharaj, the chief priest of Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, said on Monday that he was dissatisfied with the commission of crucial events related to the Ayodhya movement in the newly revised Class 12 political science textbook of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)...

According to him, there are some shortcomings in the new NCERT textbook regarding the Babri Masjid issue..

According to a PTI report, the ommissions in the textbook includes references to the BJP's 'rath yatra' from Somnath to Ayodhya in 1990, the role of kar sevaks, the demolition of Babri Masjid, President's rule in the BJP-ruled states and BJP's expression of regret over the happenings at Ayodhya..

The Ram temple chief priest added that the chapter reportedly does not provide details of the events on December 6, 1992 when the Babri Masjid was demolished or December 22, 1949 when Lord Ram Lalla's statue reportedly appeared at the mosque premises...

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