Asserting that dialogue is the key to avoid agitations, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said education is not a subject for party politics, as he replaces Smriti Irani who had a controversy-ridden tenure.
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Javadekar, who was representing India as Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) in Berlin, was, in his own words, asked to rush back immediately by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I am glad that I have been part of the process of formulating the National Education Policy after 30 years, and that the honourable Prime Minister gave me such an opportunity”, Irani said, addressing the media here.
We will build upon the good initiatives taken up by Smriti Ji, We believe education is a weapon of change, to ensure everyone gets a good education will be our goal, said Javadekar.
Continuing his long-drawn attack on Irani, who was appointed as the new Union Textile Minister, Kanhaiya stated that simply shifting her to another Ministry, does not absolve her from her crimes.
Answering a deluge of questions on her demotion from Human Resource Development Minister to Textiles Minsiter, BJP leader Smriti Irani quoted a popular Hindi song from the 1970’s film “Amar Prem”: Kuch toh log kahenge, logon ka kaam hain kehna.
Reaching out to Irani and even Murli Manohar Joshi, HRD minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government, Javadekar said he was open to suggestions. “So, to provide quality education is our aim and we will be able to do it”, he told reporters here, adding he will formally take charge tomorrow.
On her role as a textile minister, she mentioned ” It is PM Modi’s dream to boost the textile industry.
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“The evidence against her mishandling of the ministry was mounting”, said Siddharth Varadarajan, a political analyst on the channel. The biggest challenge today is to improve the quality of education. “Our demand was to remove Irani and Dattatreya from the ministerial posts and lodge a case against them for the institutional murder of Vemulla”, Kumar said. “However, if discrimination persists it would hinder the change”, said Javadekar. Some party members said that could be why Irani has been moved to a lighter ministry.
