Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra on Monday said that the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government had “glorified” Veer Savarkar, but based on “strong evidences and facts” the textbook review committee set up by the present Congress government has written that Savarkar had applied to the British for clemency.
Dotasra said that the committee’s findings will be included in textbooks for the new session.
The minister alleged that the previous BJP government had turned the education department into a “laboratory of the RSS” and “glorified” personalities such as Veer Savarkar and Deendayal Upadhyay.
“As soon as we had come to power (in December), we had constituted a committee for review of textbooks… According to evidences and witnesses they have written that Veer Savarkar had applied for clemency (from the British),” said Dotasra.