BHOPAL: After the victory, here comes the hero worship. Following Rajasthan's declaration early this month to teach the biography of Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi in schools, now Madhya Pradesh is also considering doing the same. Madhya Pradesh minister for school education said on Sunday that the state government is "seriously considering teaching chapters on the life of Narendra Modi from classes III to VI".
Speaking to reporters, minister for school education Paras Jain said: "We have been traditionally teaching school children about the lives of our great kings and freedom fighters. But we are now considering introducing lessons on Narendra Modi so that children can be inspired by a living icon. No one can deny that Narendra Modi's life is inspirational. It can set an example before our students to see and know of a man who was born in a humble family but rose to become Prime Minister of the country."
Though chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's approval is still pending, Paras Jain explained the intention behind inclusion of Modi in the school syllabi is to make young minds believe that it is possible to reach the top in one's own right and to give them the strength to build life and success on their own. Government approval on the notification would be no problem, Jain added.
An election-battered Congress, meanwhile, is watching the situation with interest. Having lost 27 out of 29 seats to the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, the party said that the ruling party was breaking tradition and all political code of conduct after its victory in the Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking to Times of India, Congress' leader of Opposition in the state assembly Satyadev Katare said, "It is not part of our tradition and culture to have a living person as part of our school syllabus. Lessons on Mahatma Gandhi, Vinobha Bhave, Jay Prakash Narayan and Mother Teresa were made part of school education after they were deceased. And it is strange how the BJP states can consider Narendra Modi as part of school education and not Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Deendayal Upadhyay. Were they lesser than Narendra Modi. Sudden sycophancy seems to have gripped the party in its election victory arrogance."
In August last year, the Madhya Pradesh government was in the midst of a raging controversy after the school education department issued notification to teach lessons on the Bhagwat Gita in schools including madrasas. Under pressure from the minority Muslim community, the decision had to be withdrawn. But Paras Jain denied there would be any controversy with lessons on Narendra Modi in the school syllabus.
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