Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor suspends officials and orders probe into school library books
Eight officials were suspended and an inquiry was launched after allegations that government‑school library books glorified terrorists, militants or separatists. Authors and publishers were blacklisted and distribution of the books was halted.
The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir suspended eight officials and ordered an inquiry into school‑library books after reports that the books glorified terrorists, militants or separatists. Authors and publishers of the books were blacklisted.
The controversy erupted after the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Forum alleged that books supplied to government school libraries under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme portrayed separatists as “great personalities” and “legends”. Two books identified were “Personalities and Legends of J&K” and “Great Personalities of Jammu and Kashmir”, which contain separate chapters on JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who was executed in Delhi.
Distribution of the publications was halted across the Union Territory, according to the Times of India. The Lieutenant Governor called for an examination of the websites of Jammu and Kashmir universities and colleges for anti‑India content, reported by The Hindu. The move came days after a book titled ‘Great Personalities and Legends of J&K’ profiled Kashmir separatist leaders, also reported by The Hindu.
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