Punjabi struck from CBSE list, minister Vijay Inder Singla cries foul

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 21

Lashing out at the Centre, Public Works and Administrative Reforms Minister Vijay Inder Singla today said the exclusion of Punjabi from the main CBSE subjects in Punjab was an "act of provocation". He said there was a need to reverse the decision immediately.

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Attack on rights of state’s students

The step of putting Punjabi in the ‘minor’ list is a clear indication of attack on constitutional rights of state’s students. — Vijay Inder Singla, Cabinet Minister

The minister said Punjabi was the mother tongue of crores of northern Indians and the step of putting their mother tongue in the "minor" subject list was a clear indication of attack on the constitutional rights of the students.

Singla said, "the interference into the state matters will not be tolerated at any cost and our government will oppose every such step of the BJP-led union government which is suppressing the powers of the states."

The minister said that policies like giving extensive powers to the Border Security Force and removal of Punjabi from the CBSE list indicate the vested interests of the BJP government.

He said the Modi government should immediately reconsider its decisions that were contrary to the spirit of the Indian Constitution.

The minister said it was the bounden duty of every citizen to follow the rules and guidelines laid by the Constitution, but the Modi government had regularly been taking decisions for its political benefits without taking proper notice of the Indian Constitution.

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