Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Kumar Jha opposed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s demand to remove Muhammad Ali Jinnah from curricula, saying history must be understood in full, not altered. The row follows protests at University of Jammu, which has formed a panel to review the issue.
New Delhi: Responding to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)’s demand for the immediate removal of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from academic curricula, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Saturday said that history cannot be altered and must be understood in its entirety.
Speaking to IANS, Jha questioned the rationale behind such demands and emphasised the importance of studying historical figures in context.
“I do not understand whose domain is what and who is commenting on which domain. If you remove Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then how will you understand the Two-Nation Theory?” he said.
He further added, “How will you reflect on the ideas against which the struggle for Independence was fought? It is not possible to perform surgery on history. What we are witnessing is an attempt to reshape narratives. In the future, film-makers might also be told to present history in a particular way. Such tendencies are already visible.”
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