Naveen Demands Mass Education Minister's Resignation over Textbook Blunders

Dharmendra Pradhan exit sparks calls for Odisha, Chhattisgarh ministers to resign

While BJD, Congress stepped up agitation against Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over errors in school textbooks, several students and political workers gathered in Raipur demanding resignation of Chhattisgarh School Education Minister Gajendra Yadav.

Textbook errors: Congress seeks Nityananda Gond’s ouster - OrissaPOST

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Tuesday announced a statewide agitation demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over alleged large-scale errors in government school textbooks. Announcing the protest programme at Congress Bhavan here, AICC Odisha in-charge Lalji Desai said Congress leaders and workers would stage demonstrations across the state, seeking the minister’s resignation a…

Naveen Directs Statewide Agitation Over Textbook Errors, Demands Minister Gond's Resignation

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Monday convened a high-level meeting at Naveen Nivas and issued clear instructions to intensify the demand for the resignation of Odisha’s School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over the recent textbook error controversy. Senior party leaders were tasked with preparing a widespread agitation across the state. […] The post Naveen Directs Statewide Agitation Over Textbook Errors, Demand…

Congress, BJD seek Odisha Education Minister’s resignation; BJP hits back

Bhubaneswar: After the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the opposition parties in Odisha have intensified the demand for the resignation of state School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over the school textbook error issue in the state. Speaking to media persons on Sunday, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das said that if the state government does not take any action over the …

Naveen Demands Mass Education Minister's Resignation over Textbook Blunders

Bhubaneswar: The political storm over massive errors in Odisha’s newly introduced school textbooks escalated on Monday after Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, holding him morally accountable for the lapses. Stepping up the opposition’s attack on the BJP government, Naveen said the minister must take responsibility for the “unprec…