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Sukanta's Poems Back in Syllabus? Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar Responds to Demand
- •Demand to reinstate poet Sukanta Bhattacharya's 'To Rabindranath' and 'Eighteen Years of Age' in school syllabi.
- •The West Bengal Democratic Writers and Artists Association made the demand during Sukanta Bhattacharya's birth centenary year.
- •Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar stated that the new syllabus committee will decide on poem inclusion, denying any intent to remove poems.
- •Majumdar also commented on historical narratives, saying people now understand how Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's role was forgotten.
- •He criticized Mamata Banerjee and the Congress, touching upon current political dynamics.
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The West Bengal Democratic Writers and Artists Association's state committee has demanded that Sukanta Bhattacharya's poems 'To Rabindranath' and 'Eighteen Years of Age', which are currently not part of the school and higher secondary syllabi, be brought back.
Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar stated that the new syllabus committee does not have the mentality to drop anyone's poem. He noted that the committee will decide which poems to include and appropriate poems will be added without any targeted removal attitude.
Sukanta Majumdar stated that politically treating someone as an enemy is not conducive to democracy and that those who ask the elderly Prime Minister why he sold tea lack basic etiquette. He also criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, claiming she has no options left and is trying to bring Congress to power through the backdoor.
