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Chandigarh, The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday criticized Capt. Amarinder Singh led Congress govt. for deleting 23 chapters related to Sikh Gurus and important event of Sikh history from the Class XII history book of the Punjab School Education Board. AAP termed the move as disrespect to the Sikh Gurus and asked the govt. to correct its heinous mistake without any delay.
In a joint press statement, AAP MLAs Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Saravjit Kaur Manuke, Pirmal Singh Khalsa, Jagdev Singh Kamalu, Jai Kishan Singh Rodi, Kulwant Singh Pandori and Amarjit Singh Sandoa said that the move of PSEB to remove the chapters related to the history of Sikh gurus and their teachings, Anglo-Sikh wars, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sikh struggle against Mughals and Ahmad Shah Abdali and the origin and growth of Sikh Misls etc. is an unsaid and this will isolate the youth of Punjab from glorious past of Sikhism in particular and Punjab in whole.
“The govt.’s plea on the issue that certain chapters from the last year’s syllabus have been deleted to bring the syllabus on par with the NCERT is mere excuse and it cannot be accepted”. However the claim of govt. that these chapters will be taught in class XI does not carry any weight as many schools teach half of the class XII syllabus in class XI only.
“We demand a high-level probe and action against officials guilty of deleting chapters related to Sikh Gurus and glorious past of Sikhism. The govt. must mark a time bound inquiry in this regard.” Said AAP MLAs.
