New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the English paper of the CBSE class 10 board exam "downright disgusting" and said that it was a "typical RSS-BJP ploy" to crush the morale and future of the youth. The Congress leader also advised the students that only hard work pays, "bigotry doesn’t".
Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader said, "Most CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting. Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth. Kids, do your best. Hard work pays. Bigotry doesn`t."
Most #CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting.
Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth.
Kids, do your best.
Hard work pays. Bigotry doesn’t.— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 13, 2021
The comprehension passage in the CBSE class 10 English question paper has sparked a bitter controversy for allegedly promoting "gender stereotyping" and supporting "regressive notions" prompting the board to refer the matter to the subject expert.
Earlier, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the Centre for endorsing "retrograde views on women" and said, "Unbelievable! Are we really teaching children this drivel? Clearly, the BJP Government endorses these retrograde views on women, why else would they feature in the CBSE curriculum?"
The passage in CBSE`s English exam the Congress leader was referring to was, "In twentieth-century children became fewer and feminist revolt was the result...Father`s word had no longer the authority of holy writ..."
"Married women now retained their identity and some pursued separate careers," it further read and concluded with "emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent`s authority over children."
"In bringing the man down from his pedestal the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline," it added.
The four titles offered to children in one of the questions for the passage spiked the row further.
The options included: Who is responsible for indiscipline among children, Collapse of discipline at home, place of children and servants at home, child psychology.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also raised the issue in the Lok Sabha. She condemned the inclusion of a "blatantly misogynist" passage in a CBSE Class 10 question paper and demanded an apology from the Narendra Modi government.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Sonia Gandhi demanded immediate withdrawal of the objectionable question and a review into the "gravest lapse".
