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'Introducing religion in school syllabus is UNTHINKABLE'

'Introducing religion in school syllabus is UNTHINKABLE'

Rediff.com9 Jan 2012

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka appears to be readying itself for a big fight, and this time it is over the Bhagavad Gita. A statement by Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda, in which he said that the government was considering introducing the Gita in primary and secondary standards in school has drawn appreciation as well as flak in the state. Vicky Nanjappa reports.