{
  "id": 2184007,
  "title": "Opposition accuses government of pushing RSS agenda on NCERT textbooks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/opposition-accuses-government-of-pushing-rss-agenda-on-ncert-textbooks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:23:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/opposition-accuses-government-of-pushing-rss-agenda-on-ncert-textbooks/article71370373.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Opposition parties and student organizations have accused the government of attempting to inject the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) into the new political science textbooks for Classes 11 and 12. This comes after the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) reconstituted its 16-member textbook development team for political science, with a mandate to integrate \"cultural rootedness,\" \"Indian knowledge systems,\" and inclusion into the curriculum. Several members of the team have ties to the RSS, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or affiliated institutions, raising concerns about the political independence of the textbook development process. Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh and Syed Naseer Hussain, have denounced the move as the \"RSS imprint\" or \"sanghikaran\" of the textbooks, questioning the government's motives and demanding academic rigor, political independence, and adherence to India's constitutional ethos in the textbook development process.",
  "summary": "People with links to the Sangh and its affiliates were named in NCERT team tasked with preparing new political science textbooks for Classes 11 and 12",
  "key_points": [
    "Opposition accuses government of pushing RSS agenda in NCERT textbooks.",
    "NCERT reconstituted textbook development team with ties to RSS and BJP.",
    "Congress leaders denounce move as RSS imprint or sanghikaran of textbooks."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}