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Paswan takes on RSS, BJP over Ambedkar cartoon row

      Amid the ongoing row over the publication of a derogatory cartoon of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in NCERT textbooks, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said this reflected a particular mindset. He suggested that some people having links with the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could be behind it. "This tells us about a particular mindset. How does such a thing appear in an NCERT book? This means the people having links with the RSS and the BJP are in the NCERT office. The NCERT should be dissolved," said Paswan. He asked Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal to withdraw the cartoon from the NCERT books. "This is not at all acceptable. We have asked Sibalji that whoever has drawn such a cartoon, and whoever has given approval for it must be not only be suspended or dismissed, but a case should also be registered against them under the Prevention of Atrocities Act," he said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the whole matter should be investigated and the guilty should be punished. "The whole matter should be investigated. This is a serious issue that such a cartoon gets published in a book despite the government knowing about it. The whole matter should be investigated and whoever is guilty should be punished. This is a serious issue," said Naqvi. "Many people pass it and after being passed if it is in the textbook and has become a part of the school curriculum, then it is in fact a very serious issue," he added. Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati described it an insult to democracy. "Dr Ambedkar is a towering personality, who framed the Constitution of India and the Parliament is running on it. This is an insult on Indian democracy. The government should intervene and take strong action against those, who are involved in this," said Mayawati. "If it failed to do so, we will wait for two to three days or else our party will not allow the House to run," she added. The cartoon shows former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru whipping Dr BR Ambedkar who is seen sitting on a snail, allegedly to speed up drafting the constitution.

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