Mahatma Gandhi booklet row: Odisha government terms it an inadvertent mistake

Facing widespread criticism over a political candidate book describing sage Gandhi’s death as Associate in Nursing “accident”, the Odisha government on Saturday aforementioned it absolutely was Associate in Nursing unintended mistake and there was no intention to feed wrong data to the kids or twist the sequence of events.

School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash came out with the govt. response to the contestation within the state Assembly following a direction from Speaker S N Patro during this regard on Friday.

Dash aforementioned the govt. has already withdrawn the book.

An official has been disengaged and 2 others are asked to convey a piece of evidence regarding the error, he added.

A two-page government book “Aama Bapuji: Eka Jhalaka” (Our Bapuji: A Glimpse) -- revealed on the occasion of a hundred and fiftieth birthday of nationalist leader -- bestowed a quick account of his teachings, works and links with Odisha, whereas conjointly stating that he “died because of accidental reasons in a very sharp sequence of events on January thirty, 1948, at Delhi’s Birla House”.

The matter triggered a row with political leaders Associate in Nursingd activists hard an apology from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and immediate measures to correct the “blunder”.

The issue had created hue and cry within the assembly on Friday. Members cutting across party lines had expressed concern over the dishonest facts on the daddy of the state.

“There is not any intention to convey wrong data and mislead the kids or twist the sequence of events. it absolutely was (mistake) unintentional,” Dash aforementioned.

The necessary correction is going to be created within the bookit'll be reprinted and circulated among the scholars inside a month, the minister told the house.

Legislators of all the parties had on Friday felt sorry over the episode. Congress general assembly Party leader Narasingha Mishra had demanded Associate in Nursing apology from the chief minister. The CLP leader conjointly questioned the state government’s motive behind the “misleading” data.

“I doubt the motive behind this dishonest data on Gandhiji is as a result of the modified relationship between the (ruling) BJD and BJP. a {area|a district|a region|a locality|a vicinity|a part} of BJP leaders are worshipping Nathuram Godse, UN agency had killed Gandhiji,” he had aforementioned within the assembly on Friday.

“It seems that BJD has altogether given before BJP. so this book can be a part of the BJD-BJP secret alliance,” Mishra aforementioned.

The treasury bench members conjointly condemned the dishonest data on Gandhiji within the government book.

Sharing member's concern, the speaker directed the varsity and mass education minister to create a press release within the house on Saturday.

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