Here is the part of the transcript: My name is Smriti Irani. I challenge you to identify my caste. I am enraged by the manner in which a child's death (Rohith Vemula) is being used as a political weapon. Rahul Gandhi made the most of the opportunity and visited the hostel twice, something which he had never done before. Have you ever seen him visiting the same place twice? Did he do the same when 600 students died in the Telangana movement? Rohith blamed no one, yet Rahul tried to use this child as a political tool. It says - "The public meeting was also disrupted for Mahishasur Martyrdom Day." What is Mahishasur Martyrdom Day, madam speaker? Our government has been accused. I miss today Sugata Bose and Saugata Roy in the House - champions of free speech, because I want to know if they will discuss this particular topic which I am about to enunciate in the House, on the streets of Kolkata. I dare them this. I wondered, where do our kids learn from? I am presenting an example in this House today, which just came to my desk. This is a history book for students of class 4 - Teacher's Reader. What are our teachers taught? The author of this book is Teesta Setalvad. This book has been commissioned by UPA's Kapil Sibal. The same UPA whose chairperson is Soniaji. Let's see what is to be taught to student of class 4. "In our text and syllabus, we continue to perpetuate the colonial legacy of portraying ancient India, as synonymous with Hindu and Medieval India past with the Muslim." I quote from this book, Madam Speaker. Arvind Sawantji is from Maharashtra. This book was given to Don Bosco, Matunga. The school of my colleague Piyush Goyal. "When we teach Shivaji, Akbar, Aurangzeb as responsible educators and animators, we need to ask which Shivaji do we need to take into the classroom." It is not only against Shivaji that is taught. Congress politicians allowed the killings for three days during the Sikh riots. That is also taught. "Hindu-Christian riots in Kanya Kumari. How the propaganda of Hindu organisations target Christian minorities." You are teaching this to a child in the 4th standard. This is their idea of secular education. History taught to standard 6th. I quote, madam speaker. "Kashmir is a much demonised land today...{pause} that the State militates against. The atrocities of the Indian State." Are we shocked that our students go to universities and say "Kashmir ki azadi tak jung ladenge.."? Scenario 4 on Page 5 - order issued to Delhi schools after the death of Indira Gandhi. "Check what an English teacher is teaching." One of the words given to the children to draft a sentence was the word arrive. Of the several children who raised their hands, the one that the teacher chose to read out is - 'When a Sikh arrived in Delhi, he was killed by a Hindu.' Scenario 2 - The title is fascinating - 'Breeding Prejudiced Minds'. This commissioned by the UPA, led by the Congress party, given to children in the 6th standard. They are taught. Scenario 3 - Teaching of history in school boards all over Maharashtra. Has a single prescribed textbook on Shivaji. Teachers from the school in Bombay have expressed great difficulty in controlling emotions. One of them has said - "The schools that have active enrolment of Muslim students are rushed through the chapter on Afzal Khan and Shivaji's confrontation. It is a politically and socially loaded connotation. I can't meet eye to eye with Muslim students, so I start my chapter with an apology. There are many Afzals in my class." Says this teacher teaching in class 6th. HIGHLIGHTS - Smriti Irani Speech On JNU, Dalit, and Congress Smriti Irani Powerful Speech in Parliament Smriti Irani shines the light of treason in aggressive, emotional Lok Sabha speech 'My Name Is Smriti Irani', Says Minister in Emotional Speech Smriti Irani 's speech in Lok Sabha on JNU and Rohit Vemula issues

• published: 25 Feb 2016
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