THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has reacted against the NCERT's recommendation to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' in school textbooks. The Chief Minister responded through his Facebook page. He wrote that the move to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' in textbooks is unacceptable.

'The NCERT committee's recommendation to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' is unacceptable. The Constitution refers to our nation as India and Bharat. The politics behind the move to omit 'India' is as clear as the day. The Sangh Parivar is afraid of the politics of inclusion that the term 'India' represents. The new proposals should be seen as a continuation of the arbitrary exclusion of lessons, including the part on Mughal history and the part on the RSS ban following Gandhi's assassination, from school textbooks,' Pinarayi Vijayan wrote.

'NCERT has been making continuous stands in favour of the Sangh Parivar's attempts to distort history. The Textbook Committee is showing keen interest to whitewash the fake history created by the Parivar,' the CM added.